[Shop-talk] Battery-operated tools....battery disposal tangent

[Bob Spidell]

I know a lot of places take batteries, fluorescent bulbs, etc. for recycling, but I have a sneaking suspicion--backed up by some investigative reporting I've seen--that a lot of the 'recycled' stuff ends up in rivers in China (presumably after any valuable components and metals are removed). 

You might ask: "Why do you care? It's China!" but I see the Earth as an extended neighborhood--like I said, I'm no greenie, but as a (nominal*) engineer I hate waste--and all the filth deposited in third world countries and our own are like having a neighbor with an overgrown lawn and garden and garbage on display. Just not cool (and not good for property values, either). 


(*) a lot of people in my profession are called software 'engineers,' but since I have no professional certification I think 'programmer' is more appropriate (but I hate 'coder;' it belittles the craft) 

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Our local Lowes/HomeDepot has a box inside the front door where they take batteries for recycling. 

Randy 


On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 7:24 AM, John T. Blair < jblair1948 at cox.net > wrote: 



At 07:09 AM 4/11/2016, Tim wrote: 

>I believe that most people are not aware that batteriesplus will recycle your flat 
>batteries. Last time I called about it the guy said they charge $1 a pound. Well, I 
>just drop them off (right outside their front door) before they open anyway so 
>don't have to worry about putting any money out. (I am not the only one who 
>drops batteries off when they are not open so I don't feel bad about doing this.) 

Also check you local Libruaries. Our main city libruary takes small batteries, not 
car type, and I don't know about the tool batteries (LI-ion). But it's the only place 
I could find that would take my alkaline and Ni Cads. 

John 




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