what is the procedure for disposing of household batteries these days, you know AA,AAA,C & D's etc. the batteries have "do not bin" logo's on them so what do i do?
I take them to a local recycling centre.
I have a box in my garage which I use to collect old batteries. These get taken to the local council skip place when I take garden rubbish there - the place has a bin specially for them.
keep them for bonfire night
Under wee you are supposed to take them to the recycling center local to your location.
My local asda has a recycle bin for these things as well.
Car batteries are only making 3 quid at the moment if you weigh them in....down from the 9.50 we got shortly before the bust
Makes a lot of difference when your weighing in a lot. My mac buddy tells me th scrap collectors are struggling to stay afloat, he gets 2 or 3 a day
phoning to ask if hes got anything to lift
Put them in the bin.
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Originally posted by coozer
Put them in the bin.
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Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
My mac buddy tells me th scrap collectors are struggling to stay afloat, he gets 2 or 3 a day phoning to ask if hes got anything to lift
...and based on recent recycling press coverage who's to say they don't all end up in the ground anyway...?
In France every supermarket has, by law, to have a battery recycling box.
Doesn't the same apply in UK.
I think they should ban batteries that can't be recharged totally useless things. I have NiCad’s that are over 12 years old that are still used
in r/c planes and still give good performance, must have been recharged hundreds of times by now. For example one NiCad 4 cell flight pack after 100
cycles has prevented at least 10kg of drycells being disposed off! or 30kg if you included all the cells used in the RX & TX.
[Edited on 4/2/09 by Mr Whippy]
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Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:... when noone is watching!
Originally posted by coozer
Put them in the bin.
may be bad for the environment but how much worse is it to drive, and let's face it most will, to the tip to dispose of properly?
rechargeable batterys are no good in clocks or other long term low power items. TV remotes etc..
i know what your saying though, its always best to re-use than bin and re-make.
hand cranked tv remote...no batterys
or solar powered too for the very lazy 
solar powered clocks loads of them around, no batterys...
[Edited on 4/2/09 by Mr Whippy]
the last couple of years duracell turned up at some of the music festivals (T in the Park, etc....) and swaped any dead ones for new ones for free 
cannot kill the battery!
bat-te-ry!
Keep the partially dead PP3 batteries in the garage. Then on particularly cold days get two batteries and connect them together (-ve to +ve, -ve to
+ve). Use as impromptu hand warmer.
If it blows up then I never told you to do this
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Originally posted by Benzine
cannot kill the battery!
bat-te-ry!
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