Button battery safety

The Office of Product Safety Standards (OPSS) has issued a poster detailing the five top tips to keep children safe from button batteries.

The poster:

• Features top tips developed through collaboration with accident prevention charities, clinicians, manufacturers, online marketplaces and trade associations.
• Warns parents about the risks of button batteries and provides information on keeping children safe.

Used batteries should be disposed of by dropping them off for recycling at a collection point at a supermarket.

For health and safety support or advice contact the Health and Safety Team.

Contact details

Advice line: 03000 41 84 56
Email: healthandsafety@kent.gov.uk