Disposing of old batteries

[Yellow Fang]

I went to a lecture on incinerators today, where the speaker said that incredibly, people still throw batteries in the rubbish bin. I felt a bit uncomfortable because that's what I do. So, where are you supposed to get rid of them?

 

[CharlieB]

Sainsbury's and Waitrose both have bins for batteries near the entrance, in most branches I think.

 

[TheBoyBilly]

Yes that's what I do now, Sainsburys or Waitrose-although I suspect most others do. No excuse not to dispose of them responsibly nowadays really.

Bill

 

[al78]

The local tip/recycling center will have somewhere to dispose of batteries.

 

[Speicher]

As I understand it, any shop that sells batteries is expected to have a collection point for batteries to be recycled.

 

[buggi]

i must admit, i do too. Bad Buggi

will promise to dispose of them properly from now on.

 

[DTD]

Notice Edinburgh Bicycle Coop recycles batteries etc. Also seen it in the poundshop.
Better still, use rechargeables.

 

[Chromatic]

We can put batteries out with the normal fortnightly recycling collection around here (Stroud)

 

[ASC1951]

Better still, use rechargeables.

No environmental advantage.

 

[Speicher]

As I understand it, any shop that sells batteries is expected to have a collection point for batteries to be recycled.

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Do you know if this is requirement by Law, or is it an EC Directive?

 

[Ghost Donkey]

No environmental advantage.

Presuming that's correct (don't want to hijack the thread with this debate) but if you've got kids and lots of toys it's a damn site more practical than buying new batteries all the time.

 

[perplexed]

As I understand it, any shop that sells batteries is expected to have a collection point for batteries to be recycled.

I think, to be strictly accurate, they have to sell more than "X" amount, to be required to have a recycling bin.

Although I agree, any shop selling batteries should have a recycling bin. We've got one at work, so I sling mine in there.

 

[ColinJ]

As I understand it, any shop that sells batteries is expected to have a collection point for batteries to be recycled.

Ah - I noticed a couple of battery collection containers had appeared in my local Co-op earlier this week!

 

[mickle]

How long before LED lamps get their own recycling box?

http://www.gizmag.com/led-bulbs-fou...aign=f4889c9454-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

 

[magnatom]

No environmental advantage.

Really?

An independent study conducted in 2008 by Uniross, a European manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, says that rechargeable batteries have up to 32 times less of an impact on the environment as compared to disposable batteries. When disposable batteries are thrown out, they end up in landfills and release dangerous, toxic chemicals into the environment. Because rechargeable batteries can be reused hundreds of times instead of just once and then thrown away, the impact and waste on the environment is greatly decreased. This fact also makes rechargeable batteries more cost effective, since less money is spent buying disposable batteries when they die. This study also found that another important environmental advantage of rechargeable batteries is that they have up to 28 times less of an impact on global warming and 30 times less of an impact on air pollution.