How to get rid of swollen laptop battery?
How to get rid of swollen laptop battery?
I replaced my laptop's battery after it was swollen. I found out that services like call2recycle do not take swollen batteries since they are potentially hazardous material. How can I get rid of that damned spicy pillow? In Dallas. Thanks.
Thanks for the suggestion and tips guys. I have bought lipo fire resistant bags for the batteries. As stated in suggestions here, most of the places like Home Depot, Best Buy, Lowes do have a recycling program; but some of them have disclaimers regarding not accepting swollen batteries. I plan to go to Batteries and Bulbs, Best Buy asap; they look most promising.
How to dispose of a swollen battery: Once the battery has been removed, it needs to be safely disposed of. Do not throw batteries into trash or recycling bins. Do not put/store the battery in water. If the battery is warm, smelly or smoking, put it outside away from flammable materials, or in a fireproof container, and wait for the symptoms to dissipate. When safe, take the battery to a local e-waste collection site; refer to our e-waste page to find one in your area. Do not mail the battery to an e-waste processing facility—there are strict regulations against this as the battery could cause damage in transit. ifixit.com
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Whatever you do, keep it away from anything flammable or near any living environment.
If electronics stores are not willing to help you could try the fire brigade. Call them on the non emergency number. They can advise you much better.
I brought mine to the local battery and bulbs store. I think I paid a $15 processing fee.
Did you check if your city will take them? Sometimes you need to go a specific dropoff site but usually they have instructions for household hazardous material
That's a good advice. I checked the process for my city. I had to go to the city office, and after I provide my proof of residence they would give me a voucher. I could then use that voucher to dispose any hazardous household waste at a designated waste collection center.
For my battery, I went to Batteries and Bulbs. They did not charge me anything, even returned my lipo bag.
Call up your local Target, Walmart, Best Buy, or whatever equivalent you have in your area. They got battery recycling centers. Ask them how they want them delivered and what, if anything, they want done to the battery prior.
Not all Walmarts do that. I'm the electronics guy at Walmart and we definitely don't at my location. The only kind of recycling we do is ink cartridges and the stupid little bin up front for plastic bags
I don't think they just want a swollen battery dumped in their battery recycling bin with all the other batteries.
My comment will not help you of any way. But I find it interesting that the current regulation in France (maybe Europe?) is that any store that sells electronics (and home appliance) has to take old electronics (and home appliance) for free.
Actually everybody pays a small fee when buying electronics. The tax changes regarding the difficulty to recycle the appliance. For example, the tax for a freezer is 13€ since you have to purge the gas, where it's 1€ for a vacuum cleaner.