Re: [PLUG] Recycling a laptop battery

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

About a year ago I dropped off an old UPS battery at the Batteries
Plus in Bristol for recycling, and they accepted it without any hassle
at all.

Probably the best advice is to call before visiting, and even so be
prepared that they may not accept them.

Walt

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 01:59:46PM -0400, bergman--- via plug wrote:
> In the message dated: Tue, 13 May 2025 11:44:49 -0400,
> The pithy ruminations from "K.S. Bhaskar via plug" on 
> [Re: [PLUG] Recycling a laptop battery] were:
> => Thanks for the suggestions, all. I'll try them starting with Best Buy &
> => Micro Center when I get back to town.  
> 
> When I last tried MicroCenter & Best Buy, several months ago, they both refused to take batteries.
> 
> To be fair, maybe MicroCenter would actually have taken them... but
> when I walked into the store, unlike in the past, they wouldn't let me
> just drop off the batteries. They required me to sign in and set up
> a technician appointment before they'd even look at the grocery bag
> with a handful of batteries. I explained I just wanted to leave them
> for recycling. They refused to take them without an appointment. I left.
> 
> Mark
> 
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