<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>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).<br></div><div><br></div><div>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).<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>(*) 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)<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Our local Lowes/HomeDepot has a box inside the front door where they take batteries for recycling.<div><br></div><div>Randy</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 7:24 AM, John T. Blair <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jblair1948@cox.net" target="_blank">jblair1948@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3">At 07:09 AM 4/11/2016, Tim wrote:<br><div><br></div>
>I believe that most people are not aware that batteriesplus will
recycle your flat<br>
>batteries. Last time I called about it the guy said they charge $1 a
pound. Well, I <br>
>just drop them off (right outside their front door) before they open
anyway so <br>
>don't have to worry about putting any money out. (I am not the only
one who <br>
>drops batteries off when they are not open so I don't feel bad about
doing this.)<br><div><br></div>
Also check you local Libruaries. Our main city libruary takes small
batteries, not<br>
car type, and I don't know about the tool batteries (LI-ion). But
it's the only place <br>
I could find that would take my alkaline and Ni Cads.<br><div><br></div>
John<br><div><br></div>
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