Your local dump probably has a toxic waste recyclying day a few times each year. Just stick them in a box with tape over both ends to prevent a short and save them for the toxic waste recycling day.
The guy from Jiffy Lube said try GOODWILL! I called and they do not do it. I did not expect although he claimed that he took his batteries there at one point.
Thanks for all the suggestions………I will find out about Liionwholesale Monday and Toxic recycling day.
I shop at Lowe’s on a weekly basis (always fixing something around the house). There is a recycling bin at the customer service counter and an area for rechargeable batteries. Normally people throw in their tool power packs, but I toss in my bad/old lithium batteries as well.
All of the home depots I have visited also take rechargeable batteries for recycling, though some have signs that they don’t take alkalines. The bins are usually next to or behind customer service, if not they are near one of the exits/entrances. Bins are orange, usually with a roll of clear plastic bags attached to put your batteries in - with lithium ions, it is a good idea to tape them and/or bag them to keep them from shorting out/catching fire before tossing them in the bin.
Thanks for asking rather than just trashing the bad cells.
You’re a hero to your local trash handlers, who risk injury from this sort of thing in the trash.
Just got home. Even had a beautiful young woman assist/direct me to the proper bins at Lowes!
Everything is back in order! Glad I have another place even though I had to drive 12 total miles instead of 2 miles[Radio Shack/Staples] where I use to go.
I was determined NOT to throw these in the trash. I taped the ends, then bundled a few together w/ tape and then taped the zip lock baggy so it looked like a protected battery pack!!
Before I started this thread, when I was researching, I did come across those trash truck fires where people threw the batteries in their trash,resulting in those fires.
Maybe, or maybe a benefit for landfills? I used to live in a small town where the local dump would “mysteriously” burn every time it got near full capacity. Town officials were all very shocked by this, and always promised to look into it when the ministry of the environment would ask what was going on, but they assured them it was probably local kids.
I think you might just be running into idiot employees that have no idea and are trained to say no instead of yes [to whatever] so there isn’t angry people showing up to the store for something that really doesn’t exist… Rather be wrong in that way than say yes and that be the wrong answer ya know.
I’ve called some local stores (home depot and Lowes) and they say no but there’s a clearly labeled battery deposit box out front. Often these battery recycling boxes are maintained not by the location they’re in but by the actual company doing the recycling and in those cases it makes sense the phone answering employee doesn’t know what’s up.
Have you actually went to any of the big box home improvement stores in your area? I don’t know of a single one around here who doesn’t take batteries for recycling.