[BBLISA] Where to dispose of UPS batteries

[Alex Pennace]

On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 05:53:18PM -0400, Jon Young wrote:
> I have a large (for a residence) stash of dead UPS batteries from my
> collection of leftover UPS's... various cells from 1500VA-3000VA APC and
> Powerware devices.  As I'm moving soon, it seems like its time to dispose
> of these.  Does anyone know of anywhere locally that takes old batteries
> for recycling/safe disposal? I know lowes and probably home depot will take
> NiCd from drills and the like but I'm not so sure they will take a bunch of
> larger cell batteries.

Staples should help. They had no issues accepting a large rack-mount
UPS with its battery for disposal. As I recall, the cost was $10. I
think they will accept bare batteries too, but you may want to call
ahead and ask.

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Alex Pennace, alex at pennace.org, http://osiris.978.org/~alex/