Partnership formed to responsibly dispose of end-of-life hearing devices, batteries

Used or end-of-life hearing devices, button batteries and related electronic and electrical equipment will be diverted from South Africa’s landfills, owing to a collaboration between Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO), Circular Energy, the South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association (SASLHA) and the Audiology Private Practice Forum (APPF). The bodies have developed a take-back system for the equipment, which will see hearing device and button battery collection containers placed at audiology practices, private and State hospitals and schools for hearing-disabled children throughout the country, ensuring the responsible collection, recycling and environmentally sound processing of the equipment.