Trucks are catching fire due to improper recycling. Here’s how to do it right.

Trucks are catching fire due to improper recycling. Here’s how to do it right.

Seven recycling trucks were destroyed by fire last year when residents made the mistake of putting lithium-ion batteries and other dangerous materials into their curbside recycling containers for pickup, a recycling company official revealed at a recent event in Glenview. Javier Erazo, district manager of Groot Industries/Waste Connections told a room of more than 60 people gathered at the Glenview Library for an Oct. 27 program on proper recycl…