Where Can Recycle Batteries. Most supermarkets and numerous other retailers accept plastic bags and wraps for recycling at no cost. This means there are now lots more places where you can take your old batteries for recycling.
When a lead-acid battery is not properly recycled lead acid and mercury can be deposited into lakes streams and landfills. Most batteriesregardless of typecontain toxic chemicals. Store the batteries in a plastic or cardboard container that doesnt conduct electricity in case there is a spark.
The program collects and recycles batteries and cellphones for retailers municipalities businesses and consumers through its wide network of collection sites Call2Recycle.
Think cadmium lead lithium or sulfuric acid. From February 2010 shops selling more than 32kg of batteries a year approx 345 x four-packs of AA batteries have to provide battery recycling collection facilities in-store. You can also bag each battery individually instead of taping the ends. If your old batteries end up in a landfill pollutants like these can leak out into.
