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Re: [greenyes] Collection and recycling of batteries?
- Subject: Re: [greenyes] Collection and recycling of batteries?
- From: Sharon_Gates@no.address
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:30:03 -0800
I have been collecting batteries within my Bureau for the past year and a
half or so, and have recycled them through Battery Solutions (www.batteryrecycling.com). While Battery Solutions has a simple method to recycle batteries, it's
not cheap. It cost me over $60 to recycle 30 pounds of batteries. The
price breakdown was $0.85/pound for ni-cad and alkaline (zero mercury
added), and $4.50/pound for mercury button cells. A few City employees
outside my Bureau heard I was recycling batteries and have sent me their
batteries for recycling. While I'd love to recycle all City-generated
waste batteries, it would become price-prohibitive real quick.
Since I recommend that City residents take their batteries to LA County
HHW collections, I'm curious what LA County does with the batteries they
collect. Anybody in GreenYes-land know?
Sharon Gates
Recycling Specialist
City of Long Beach, California
562/570-4694
Alan Muller <amuller@no.address>
01/13/2004 04:28 AM
To: greenyes@no.address
cc:
Subject: [greenyes] Collection and recycling of batteries?
Our friends at the Delaware Solid Waste Authority collect batteries
(mostly
alkalinos) at drop-off "recycling" centers. The volume, they claim, is
about 3000 pounds (1400 kg) per month. Then they put them in plastic
drums
and landfill them. They claim that recycling is "cost prohibitive" at 0.2
to 1.20 US$ per pound, and that recyclers also want the batteries sorted
by
size before pickup.
Can anyone advise on the details and costs of battery recycling? Are
other
operations landfilling their "recycled" batteries?
Thanks,
Alan Muller
Green Delaware
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