omega0684
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:12 AM |
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battery disposal
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?
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:17 AM |
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I take them to a local recycling centre.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:20 AM |
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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.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:22 AM |
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keep them for bonfire night
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:23 AM |
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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
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coozer
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:24 AM |
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Put them in the bin.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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02GF74
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:34 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Put them in the bin.
... when noone is watching! 
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?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:40 AM |
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quote:
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
When the prices were high a local car breaker built a big fence and stopped selling parts to people wanting cheap spares & body panels, preferring
to sell scrapped cars straight to the metal merchants... I wonder how he's coping now?
I don't feel too bad about it, 'cos he was a miserable and unpleasant bar-steward every time I had dealings with him...
(Gun Hill, for anyone in North Essex/South Suffolk who may be wondering)
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nick205
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:40 AM |
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...and based on recent recycling press coverage who's to say they don't all end up in the ground anyway...?
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designer
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 11:55 AM |
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In France every supermarket has, by law, to have a battery recycling box.
Doesn't the same apply in UK.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 12:05 PM |
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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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James
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 12:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Put them in the bin.
... when noone is watching!
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?
Or, how about keeping them until your next trip to the tip with a fully loaded car.
(Or the supermarket as per Mango's suggestion)
Obviously making a special trip for a couple of batteries is stupid.... but putting them in the bin is just irresponsible. 
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 12:19 PM |
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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.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 12:28 PM |
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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]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 12:56 PM |
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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 
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Benzine
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 02:33 PM |
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cannot kill the battery!
bat-te-ry!
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BenB
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 03:21 PM |
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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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mcerd1
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 03:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
cannot kill the battery!
bat-te-ry!
it this the new wednesday sing-along then ?
"Smashing through the boundaries
lunacy has found me
cannot stop the Battery"
(I was 4 when that came out - my brother had the album on constantly for about 3 years )
[Edited on 4/2/09 by mcerd1]
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