2006-09-12 06:33:46 · 12 answers · asked by Lacy 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Can I really just take the dead batteries to AutoZone? Anybody from Lake St. Louis that knows of a place?? THANK YOU!!!
2006-09-12 06:48:38 · update #1
Take them to where he lives now!
Dispose of them properly or you could face some nice fines!
2006-09-12 07:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by treyprice04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do NOT throw them out.
Auto/truck batteries can be returned to an auto parts store for a "core charge." (Usually $3-5).
Auto parts stores sometimes will take other batteries (marine, tractor, motorcycle).
Most areas offer a regional "household hazardous waste collection" center for paints, used oil, and other common garage chemicals, to keep you from dumping it down the drain or throwing it in the trash.
If you have a leaky battery, beware. The nitric acid is very corrosive and can burn you badly. Leaking batteries can often be picked up if you contact your local waste collection center.
2006-09-12 06:51:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there for haz mat and environmental reasons, call you local municipal government (on the city/town or county level) ask to speak with someone in the Deaprtment of Public Works or Sanitation, ask if there is a place where you can bring these items. Usually it is free of charge or a minimal cost.
You should be able to find the numbers in your phone book or try even superpages.com.
My town has thier own recycling center and they accept items such as these.
Good luck.
2006-09-12 06:39:06 · answer #3 · answered by xsincerityx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call a local battery company or scrap yard. Batteries have metal in them that can be scrapped. Most people will give you $5.00 per battery. When buying new batteries consumers are charged a core charge of either $5.00 to $8.00 unless of course you have a battery core to give them. So there is a market for used batteries as people try to rebuild them or tear them apart for the scrap metal. Either way, call around.
2006-09-12 06:46:50 · answer #4 · answered by zero 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the local auto parts stores. They may not pay you for them, but they will take them. The acid and lead is recovered and recycled into new batteries.
2006-09-12 14:52:23 · answer #5 · answered by electron670 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get some money for them at the battery stores. Not much, but enough to take them in.
2006-09-12 06:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most cities have a location that you can take hazardous material like this to dispose of it. Call you sanitation department and they can tell you how best to get rid of these.
2006-09-12 06:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're considered hazardous material. Your waste management company should have a place to take them. You might be able to arrange a pickup.
2006-09-12 06:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your township and ask what the requirements are there? Some towns and cities are very very strict.
2006-09-12 06:35:29 · answer #9 · answered by marie1257 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call you land filled and see where you might be able to take them or some used car places take them i know of around here
2006-09-12 06:36:40 · answer #10 · answered by nightsky1331 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋