2007-01-25 07:23:41 · 12 answers · asked by Laughing Libra 6 in Environment
Alkaline batteries.
2007-01-25 07:37:50 · update #1
you can take them to your local radio shack or the source or future shop anywhere like that will take them or if you call them they will be able to tell you where you can
2007-01-25 07:32:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call up your local trash collectors and ask them for a number to call to dispose of the batteries correctly. OR take them to a scrap yard/ junk yard NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LANDFILL.
Hope this helps. Not trying to be sarcastic just trying to emphasize that fact from above.
2007-01-25 07:35:03 · answer #2 · answered by jgates88 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Automotive batteries can be recycled at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, ect. Im not sure about household batteries, think they just go in the garbage. I've never heard of people recycling there remote control batteries.
2007-01-25 07:30:35 · answer #3 · answered by graphix 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Batteries are filled with acid. It's this acid that harms your local environment when you throw away drained batteries. Research has shown the stomachs of mammals enter a phase of acid deficiency after the overconsumption of food. Most animals alleviate this by eating small portions of their own acid-rich excrement (Humans avoid this by instead drinking slightly acidic liquids with their meals, e.g., orange juice, etc.)
If you have a pet dog or cat, slip your drained batteries into their food bowls. Make sure to feed them more food than usual and no water. Your pet's stomach will neutralize the battery acid and your pet will eventually excrete an environmentally friendly piece of metal.
-DV
2007-01-25 07:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Jordan R 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you talking Alkaline and similar batteries they go into the trash.
Nickle-Cadmium need Recycled.
http://www.thetapeworks.com/battery_disposal.htm
2007-01-25 07:35:10 · answer #5 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well I will tell you there are a lot of retarded freaks on Yahoo answers who need to grow up and get a life! Or please just shoot yourselves because the world will be better without you!!
Don't throw batteries in ditches, or in fires, or feed them to your pets as some people have mentioned above. As you probably know, they are full of toxic metals including cadmium, and lead, and powerful acids.
2007-01-25 08:16:27 · answer #6 · answered by Thuja M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Throw them away or bury them in your backyard.
You can also buy a battery recharger.
2007-01-25 07:33:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Household batteries can be discarded at those bins in IKEA
2007-01-25 13:37:35 · answer #8 · answered by alias89 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of Libraries taking old batteries, inMichigan.
2007-01-25 07:31:45 · answer #9 · answered by strunbike 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take them to your work and put them in the big dumpster. Be sure to wrap them up in a hefty bag first.
2007-01-25 07:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by Nevermore 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋