I know the right answer is to recycle them but i checked into it and it was complicated and expensive, so they are in a big can in the basement.
What do most of you do?
and what do you have success using rechargable batteries in? they are ok for a little while in my camera but only when they are new not when i've charged them, Even the kids toys don't seem to work well with them and then i feel like i'm wasting money because they are expensive but i don't get that much more use out of them.
lol I'll start hunting for hippies right now. And i'll check again my my little burg has a better option now.
I use a lot of rechargeables, in clocks, camera, flashlights. A charge doesn't last as long as the disposable type, but it's not much work to rotate them through the charger.
Also, Radio Shack accepts rechargeable batteries for recycling.
My work recycles them for me, or my city does. Check with your city; many have free recycling programs for residents. PLEASE don't throw them away.
We have rechargeable batteries for our camera. They work very, very well. I would say that after about 2 years you need to replace them as they won't hold a charge long enough after a couple of years. But my rechargeable batteries hold a charge longer than the single use type.
take them to the hippy grocery co-op where they recycle them. all i have to do is put a little piece of tape over the top to discourage leakage.
find your local hippies!
khairete
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My husbands work has a used battery collection center.
We save ours in a container and he takes them in every month.
If you're talking about the little AA, AAA & D batteries, I drop them off at the
grocery store in their recyle bin.
If you're talking about the big kind for cars, my hubby turns them in for a
credit on a new one at the auto parts store.
If you mean the batteries for those kids' big cars/jeeps that they ride, we
keep them until we have a "drop waste pick up" in our area.
I just throw them in the trash can.
One of the teachers at my kids' school has a collection container for old batteries. I pass them along to her.
Our local grocery store has a battery recycling program.
Tape the positive side and throw them in a zip loc bag. When it's full I take them to the the senior center where they have a drop off bin.
Earth911.com will give you any local resources. I used to work for a trash hauler for MI/OH. We sold recycle by mail kits-but you can almost always find free options through a store, your city, or your county.
We have battery recycling programs here. I take mine to the public library to deposit in the battery recycling receptacle.
I use rechargeable batteries in the remote controls and the video game controllers. I use Lithium batteries in my camera, and they last for months.
I've been collecting them in a sack and will take them to a recycle center one of these days. There is no cost to recycle them. I've also heard of electronics stores accepting them, without paying anything, to be recycled.
I chuck them at my husband and tell him "Where do you want me to put these things?"
Seriously, I think he has some mysterious dead battery stash somewhere in the basement waiting for us to take them to the Bad Recyclables place. The curbside pickup won't take them. :(
Target has drop-offs. I think I've dropped them off at Best Buy, and the electronics department of my local grocery store. Ask around in various electronics departments and they should be able to help you out.
I googled "Recycle Batteries, Conneaut, OH"
A few things popped up.
http://local.smart-homeowner.com/A_Safer_Way_to_Toss_Batt...
http://search.earth911.com/?where=44030&max_distance=...
landfill - if there are alternatives they are not well advertised.
