Do You Throw Batteries Away?

I am bad, I throw them away. If Troy catches me he stops me. :( I think even Wal Mart has a collection place, just google it.

Other than the battery issue I am very environmental it is just the kids go through so many of them and I don't want the old ones mixed up with the new ones. I used to use rechargeable but they kept taking their toys to their dads who would throw out my rechargeable batteries so I gave up, it was too expensive.

great question. hubby tosses them in the trash, If i see them i grab them and have a container of them int he basement but i don't know what to do to get rid of them. ugg. I don't need environmental guilt I have enough other guilt.

Yeah. Your not supposed to?? : /

for some reason - you aren't supposed to throw them away - just like those new light bulbs that the Govt and "green" people are forcing us to buy....

We put ours in the recycling bin...maybe wrong - who knows!!

You can search for drop off locations by zip code, here's a link.
http://www.call2recycle.org/

** In the state of Florida, it's actually illegal to throw them in the trash, not many people know this. I would imagine many states have this law, I would check out your state Department of Environmental Protection website.

No I don't throw them away. I put them off to the side until I have several of them and take them to Home Depot. They have a big garbage can in the front entrance to collect batteries for recycling. I use rechargeable AAs but recycle the rest...we don't want these eroding in a dump.

Thanks for asking this question. I had wondered that myself and just did not feel right putting them in the trash. I see there are places you can drop them off at which I didn't know anything about.

Up until recently I didn't know. You are definetly NOT supposed to throw them in the garbage. They have lots of bad stuff in them. I know I have thrown a lot away and I feel bad. :( You can take them to any Lowes or Home Depot. Lots of hadware stores take them too. You are supposed to do the same withe .the "squiggly" bulbs. Did you know if you break one you have to leave the room for a while because they have lots of bad stuff in them like mercury. Considering that lots of people don't know this, they don't seem so environmentally sound, do they?

Your really not supposed to throw batteries away... the battery acid leaks over time and it's toxic for the environment. In my area, there are electronic waste disposal sites that rotate around town. I save all my batteries and then dispose of there. You should check online for this kind of a thing in your area. And then try and move on to rechargeables... they work great for most of my childs toys (some won't take them, though). And over time it saves money in our pockets!

They go in my trash with the rest of my trash. Sorry!

Here are the locations for disposing of batteres in Des Moines: http://batteries.wastefuldisposal.com/iowa/des-moines-ia

Here is some more information on battery recycling and why it's important: http://www.ehso.com/ehshome/batteries.php.

Mommas who are not recycling, come on! You can do it. Obviously you're already online, just take a minute to Google recycling in your area. Get an ice cream bucket or plastic container. Put a hole in the top. When it gets full, take it to the recycling center. It's not hard and you're saving your community's drinking water.

Unless you like the idea of lead getting into your children's or grandchildren's developing nervous system.

Our city has drop-off locations for batteries. We take ours with us when we go to the library and put them in a special bin there.

I save them in a container and take them to the toxic dump on occasion. I try to use re-chargeable or no battery items.

do a google search on your city or go to the city website. I'm sure you have drop-off events for toxic items. Most cities do now.

your town hall will have info on where to dispose them. We have a bin where they can be dropped off to keep them out of land fills where they leach their chemicals into our drinking water.

We live near a battery store where they're both sold and collected. The folks there told me that alkaline batteries (like the ones in a flashlight) cannot be recycled but can be tossed safely. Other types of batteries need to be turned in for recycling.

And yes, there is a special procedure for disposing of squiggly bulbs. I'm sure the instructions are online!

Please recycle them! Most Best Buy stores accept them as do many Targets.

We take them to Lowes when we are stopping by the shop. They have a collection spot on site.

Recycle here too. I have a small box that I toss old batteries in and when it fills, I drop them off at Best Buy.

NO!!!! We are in the same boat as you; tried to do rechargables until it got to the point where the batteries barely lasted a day, so we gave up.

Shame on anyone who throws them in the trash!

It's too easy to recycle them to not do it, and it's a big harm on the environment. I'm pretty sure that it's illegal to throw them in the trash where we live. Because of that, we can recycle them with our trash service. But, even if we couldn't, I would take them to Target to recycle them.

We do not throw our batteries in the trash. We use an ice cream bucket with a hole cut in the top of the lid to toss them in. When it gets full, I will bring them to a place that will dispose of them correctly. I haven't brought them in yet & I'm not sure of all the places but I believe I saw on a commercial that our Batteries Plus store will take them.
You shouldn't toss the energy saving light bulbs either. I'm pretty sure I saw once that Home Depot will take them so they may take the batteries, as well!