A mother says penalties for binning batteries should be clearer after being handed a "soul-destroying" £11,500 fine. Krystal Ogier said she accidentally threw away 23 AA batteries – which were inside children's toys – when her family were moving house in Guernsey. She was left in tears when the private refuse firm she was using, Island Waste, told her there was a £500 penalty per battery. Even though the fine has been reduced to £1,000, Ogier said the cost would have an impact. Island Waste said it heavily promoted the safe disposal of batteries due to fires they can cause and had worked with Ogier to accommodate payment of the fine. Ogier said she knew batteries were not allowed to be thrown away in the one-tonne waste bag she had ordered online. But she said that it did not occur to her that she was doing so because the batteries were in the toys. She said that while she accepted it was her fault, she was left "worried sick" when told about the fine.…