New posters promoting button battery safety provide 5 top tips to keep children safe
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is sharing new posters which can be downloaded and shared by stakeholders to promote button battery safety and awareness.
These posters feature top tips that have been developed through collaboration with accident prevention charities, clinicians, manufacturers, online marketplaces and trade associations. See footnote 1.
They warn parents about the risks of button batteries and provide 5 top tips to keep children safe:
Used button batteries should not be disposed of in the household rubbish. They should be dropped off for recycling at a collection point at a supermarket, or any other big shop that sells over 32 kg of batteries a year.
The 5 top tips are included in the updated Button Battery Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 7055:2025 developed by the British Standards Institution (BSI) with input from an expert steering group, which was published on 30 April.
Find out more about button battery safety – Child Accident Prevention Trust website
Download the PAS 7055:2025 – BSI website
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