OT: disposing batteries in Sydney

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 26 May 2006 18:57:04 +1000

Quoted message said:

Sorry for the off-topic, but I couldn't find any information on the
web, and since I am a reader of this group, I think that someone here
might help. Where can I take my used batteries for recycling in
Sydney? I haven't seen any public bins!

Any of the waste disposal sites. See
http://www.wasteservice.nsw.gov.au/dir138/publish.nsf/Content/facilities_2006

They also say:

Car Batteries

The cadmium in nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries (NiCads) is a
highly toxic heavy metal. Car batteries also contain lead and highly
corrosive acid. In European countries, NiCads can be fully recycled.
However, in Australia this facility is not yet available - though some
manufacturers do accept them back for recycling.

What to do:
Nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries (NiMHs) don't contain
toxic materials and can therefore be disposed with your household
waste. Using rechargeable batteries will mean fewer batteries going to
landfill.
Take your car batteries to your local waste management centre for
recycling. Your local garage or car battery retailer might also take
it from you.
When you're transporting a battery, handle it very carefully and
ensure the acid doesn't leak out.
In no instance should you burn batteries. This releases dangerous
fumes and can cause an explosion.

Zebee

On 2006-05-26, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

The cadmium in nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries (NiCads) is a
highly toxic heavy metal. Car batteries also contain lead and highly
corrosive acid. In European countries, NiCads can be fully recycled.
However, in Australia this facility is not yet available - though some
manufacturers do accept them back for recycling.

I love this. We are constantly told that we must not throw NiCds into
the waste. Yet we are told we can't actually take them anywhere.

I got paid to destroy perfectly good boxes the other day. When you
order 300 machines from Dell, or 56 disks from apple, they send them
all individually wrapped in boxes that are about 5 times the volume of
the metal enclosure inside that matters. They don't take these boxes
back. I am aware of moves afoot to force computer manufacturers to
factor the cost of disposal into their products from the start, but
what about the boxes? They are all still perfectly usable. Their
courier could simply take them all off our hands with the next regular
shipment from them.

Society is ducked.

--
TimC
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I've gone to look for myself.
If I should return before I get back, please ask me to wait.
--Dan in AFDA

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 26 May 2006 12:12:39 GMT

TimC said:

On 2006-05-26, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

The cadmium in nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries (NiCads) is a
highly toxic heavy metal. Car batteries also contain lead and highly
corrosive acid. In European countries, NiCads can be fully recycled.
However, in Australia this facility is not yet available - though some
manufacturers do accept them back for recycling.

I love this. We are constantly told that we must not throw NiCds into
the waste. Yet we are told we can't actually take them anywhere.

YOu can't recycle them, but I believe you can take them to the waste
disposal centres who will put them in a slightly different
landfill....

Zebee

I took mine to a Telstra Shop. Normaly they claim to accept mobile phone
batteries but they accepted some old camcorder batteries, drill batteries
and loose AAs with just a little coaxing.

Wilfred
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In aus.bicycle on Fri, 26 May 2006 12:12:39 GMT

TimC said:

On 2006-05-26, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

The cadmium in nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries (NiCads) is a
highly toxic heavy metal. Car batteries also contain lead and highly
corrosive acid. In European countries, NiCads can be fully recycled.
However, in Australia this facility is not yet available - though some
manufacturers do accept them back for recycling.

I love this. We are constantly told that we must not throw NiCds into
the waste. Yet we are told we can't actually take them anywhere.

YOu can't recycle them, but I believe you can take them to the waste
disposal centres who will put them in a slightly different
landfill....

Zebee