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RECYCLE YOUR OLD LAPTOP BATTERIES!
The widespread use of batteries has created many environmental concerns, mainly, toxic heavy metal pollution from discarded batteries in landfills. You can do your part to prevent these toxic products from going into landfills by recycling your old laptop battery.
Laptop Battery Express provides a collection center for spent laptop batteries.
Spent laptop batteries can be sent to:
Laptop Battery Express
Suite 150
38788 Arbor Court
Grafton, OH44044
LAPTOP BATTERY RECYCLING FAQs
What kind of batteries can be recycled?
Only rechargeable laptop batteries are recycled by Laptop Battery Express through the RBRC (Recycled Battery Recovery Center). These kinds of batteries are also referred to as dry cell batteries. Wet cell batteries such as car and motorcycle batteries can be recycled at your local automobile battery retailer or service shop.
Alkaline Batteries:
Alkaline batteries cannot be recycled and cannot be returned for recycling.
Nickel Cadmium Batteries (Ni-Cd):
Rechargeable batteries with this chemistry can be recycled. Cadmium is poisonous and toxic to the environment and should be recycled.
Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries (Ni-MH):
Batteries with this chemistry are rechargeable and can be recycled.
Lithium-Ion Batteries (Li-ion):
Batteries with this chemistry are rechargeable and can be recycled.
Wet Lead Acid Batteries:
Automobile, motorcycle and lawn tractor batteries cannot be recycled through the Laptop Battery Express or the RBRC (Recycled Battery Recovery Center), but can be recycled at local automobile battery retailers.
Where should my old laptop battery be shipped for recycling?
Spent laptop batteries can be sent to:
Laptop Battery Express
Suite 150
38788 Arbor Court
Grafton, OH 44044
How are rechargeable laptop batteries recycled?
Laptop Battery Express sends the collected laptop batteries to a battery recycling facility for processing. A thermal recovery process reclaims the metals (nickel, iron, cadmium, lead and cobalt) from the laptop batteries and prepares them for use in new products such as new notebook computer batteries and stainless steel.
How many rechargeable laptop batteries have been recycled?
Last year, Recycled Battery Recovery Center (RBRC) recycled over 5.6 million pounds of rechargeable laptop batteries and other rechargeable batteries, diverting them from our nationís landfills. Since 1996, RBRC has recycled over 36 million pounds of rechargeable batteries.
Recycling Organizations:
Laptop Battery Express is a participating recycling center in association with the Rechargeable Battery Recycling
Corporation (RBRC). RBRC is a non-profit public service organization that recycles batteries.
To locate additional local recycling drop-off centers, contact RBRC, Inc Phone: 678-419-9990 www.call2recycle.org
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