Battery disposal and recycling

[Davidc]

I've got a plastic box with old batteries in it, waiting for safe disposal as the substances in them aren't nice. It's full.

The council 'recycling centre' has a bin which says 'domestic batteries' and another inside a cage with car batteries in it which says 'industrial batteries'.

Ordinary use once type batteries are simple - domestic. I don't know about the rest so ..... I asked the man overseeing the place where rechargeables go. He said "dunno". I then asked where the button cells go. He said "dunno".

I brought the plastic box home again. Still full.

Does anyone here know the answer?

I'll take them next time I go there and if I know what they all qualify as I'll do things properly, otherwise I'll just default to emptying the whole lot in the domestic bin.

 

[marinyork]

Why not take them somewhere like maplin in to one of their battery recycling drops?

 

[Davidc]

Why not take them somewhere like maplin in to one of their battery recycling drops?

'Cos the nearest Maplins is 20 miles away, and the nearest one I go near is 30 miles away.

There's no problem with the council place if their people know where to put the things.

 

[marinyork]

'Cos the nearest Maplins is 20 miles away, and the nearest one I go near is 30 miles away.

There's no problem with the council place if their people know where to put the things.

wlog any other seller of batteries.

 

[Davidc]

wlog any other seller of batteries.

I don't know of any with a disposal point round here, but point taken.

 

[Davidc]

rechargable ones go in with the normal household ones. They sort them all out at the recycling factories.

Thanks - I'll stick the whole lot in the household bin.

 

[marinyork]

By the way, I think the answer is 'domestic batteries'.

 

[Davidc]

By the way, I think the answer is 'domestic batteries'.

Yes

 

[2Loose]

My local Tesco has a battery recycling box...and they are everywhere.

I believe that anywhere that sells batteries must offer a recycling drop nowadays. Bundle them all together and drop them in.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Any shoppe that sells more than something like a two packs a day (can't remember what the figure was but it seemed low) is required by law to have a recycle point. Head to nearest supermarket and job done.

 

[Davidc]

Any shoppe that sells more than something like a two packs a day (can't remember what the figure was but it seemed low) is required by law to have a recycle point. Head to nearest supermarket and job done.

I haven't noticed them - will have to look. I found out that Staples take in empty toner cartridges and that's been useful, and several stores now take in CFL lamps for recycling.

 

[mr_cellophane]

I am sure I saw a box in Homebase this afternoon.

 

[Arch]

Any shoppe that sells more than something like a two packs a day (can't remember what the figure was but it seemed low) is required by law to have a recycle point. Head to nearest supermarket and job done.

Is that as in olde worlde?

 

[Over The Hill]

I am fairly sure that anywhere that sells batteries now has to have a facility to dispose of your old ones for you so they should be around more now.

What they then do with them is another thing. I would put money on them bunging the lot in their skip.

 

[tyred]

I was impressed when I spotted a box for old batteries in Tescos. Then I realised that just about every shop of reasonable size has them if you look.