Re: [PLUG] Recycling a laptop battery

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Batteries Plus says on their website that they want to be "the nation's
front door for battery recycling".

https://www.batteriesplus.com/recycling

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 09:54:48PM -0400, Eric Lucas via plug wrote:
> You might try Best Buy.  I know they recycle flat-screen TVs so it's worth
> a shot!
> 
> Eric Lucas
> 
> On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM K.S. Bhaskar via plug <
> plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> 
> > After I replaced the battery on my laptop, I called the Staples store at
> > Gateway Shopping Center in Wayne to confirm that they would accept an old
> > laptop battery for recycling. When I went to the store, the employee tried
> > to feed me some baloney that the battery could not be accepted for
> > recycling because it was bulging (it was not; I replaced it because its
> > ability to hold a charge had dropped). Needless to say, I didn't buy what I
> > planned to buy after dropping off the battery, and Staples has lost a
> > customer.
> >
> > That said, I now have a laptop battery that needs to be recycled. Any
> > suggestions on where I can take it? Thank you very much.
> >
> > Regards
> > - Bhaskar
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