Comments on: Is it safe to throw ordinary alkaline batteries in the trash? http://www.me-sbc.com/alkaline/is-it-safe-to-throw-ordinary-alkaline-batteries-in-the-trash Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:54:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michele C http://www.me-sbc.com/alkaline/is-it-safe-to-throw-ordinary-alkaline-batteries-in-the-trash/comment-page-1#comment-3102 Michele C Tue, 04 May 2010 23:01:59 +0000 http://www.me-sbc.com/alkaline/is-it-safe-to-throw-ordinary-alkaline-batteries-in-the-trash#comment-3102 We take a coffee can full of batteries to Radioshack every couple of months. Lots of places will recycle the batteries for free. Radioshack is convenient for us. Plus we get to wander around in the store. [we always buy something for fun] ;)<br><b>References : </b><br>our friendly RadioShack We take a coffee can full of batteries to Radioshack every couple of months.

Lots of places will recycle the batteries for free. Radioshack is convenient for us. Plus we get to wander around in the store. [we always buy something for fun] ;)
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]]> By: wires http://www.me-sbc.com/alkaline/is-it-safe-to-throw-ordinary-alkaline-batteries-in-the-trash/comment-page-1#comment-3101 wires Tue, 04 May 2010 22:28:59 +0000 http://www.me-sbc.com/alkaline/is-it-safe-to-throw-ordinary-alkaline-batteries-in-the-trash#comment-3101 It's safe to dispose of alkaline batteries in your normal household trash. There's nothing toxic in them. US federal regulations don't require any special handling.<br><b>References : </b><br> It’s safe to dispose of alkaline batteries in your normal household trash. There’s nothing toxic in them. US federal regulations don’t require any special handling.
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]]> By: Golfer http://www.me-sbc.com/alkaline/is-it-safe-to-throw-ordinary-alkaline-batteries-in-the-trash/comment-page-1#comment-3100 Golfer Tue, 04 May 2010 22:03:59 +0000 http://www.me-sbc.com/alkaline/is-it-safe-to-throw-ordinary-alkaline-batteries-in-the-trash#comment-3100 Yeah, no one takes them anymore (too bad). It is safe to throw out alkaline batteries. At one point they were being recycled but I guess it proved too costly. The good news is batteries no longer contain mercury so at least they won't be polluting forever.<br><b>References : </b><br> Yeah, no one takes them anymore (too bad). It is safe to throw out alkaline batteries. At one point they were being recycled but I guess it proved too costly. The good news is batteries no longer contain mercury so at least they won’t be polluting forever.
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