The State of Confusion, er California I mean is making it illegal to toss used batteries(Little ones, like for flashlights and whatnot) in the trash, which is a good thing IMHO, but of course they have not figured out exactly what to do with the used batteries. What do y'all think and what do you currently do with your used batteries. Statis planning to force retailers that sell them to take back used ones

 

i throw them in the trash

 

Throw them in a barrel and burn them.

 

i just throw them away. what else are we gonna do with them?

 

My school library has a big bucket for students to put their used batteries in.

 

tree huggers: don't throw batteries away in the regular trash!!!
everyone else: why not?
tree huggers: it's bad for the envirionment. it hurts nature. it hurts you.
everyone else: ok, what should we do with them then?
tree huggers: umm. don't throw batteries away in the regular trash!!!
everyone else: fawking hippes

 

I store them in a plastic lined cardboard box, lined up so that the conductors don't make contact, and just take them to the hazardous waste disposal center when I have too many... the same place I take used oil and old paint.

Thank god too... the chemicals within disposable batteries are extremely noxious. I think they should also do the same with CRTs (the glass is 40% lead by weight) and backlit LCDs (they use mercury vapor gasses to light the screen). I mean... I think it's law now anyways, but most people just dump them quickly at the county dump...

Though, the only devices I have now that use regular batteries are flashlights and remotes. Everything else I have uses built-in rechargables...

 

I would recycle them if there were an easy way to do it. (like a receptacle at the grocery store, wal-mart, or target) Right now, they're going in the trash.

 

I recharge them and use them again. h:

I havent had to buy regular batteries in a long time.

 

I would chuck them at people...Or put them in the freezer and try to bring some life back to them