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Jersey Proud: 12-year-old Edison boy creates battery recycling program

Sep 09, 2021, 3:34amUpdated on Sep 20, 2021
By: News 12 Staff
A 12-year-old boy from Edison has created a program to help people recycle their old batteries. Old batteries can leech acid into the ground if they are not properly disposed of. Nihal Tammana started a program to make it easier for people to dispose of old batteries. He now has a team of 75 other kids helping to get the word out.
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