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    What to do with 6 volt lantern batteries?

    What do you do with them? Alkaline Batteries can go into the trash here. And the scrap yard will take them in with the shred. Not much metal on the 6 volt ones verses the AAA, AA, C, D and 9 volt ones.



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    I take any dry cell batteries to Lowes when I am going in for tools, etc. They have a recycling bin there for them, and even though I do not get paid for them for me it is better than them going to the land fill.

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    If you open one up they are just 8 "D" size batteries in them.
    Dry cell batteries have little to no harmful components in them.
    Pretty basic
    Fe Zn ZnO C some plastics that's it.

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    I take them to recycling drop off close by me.

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    Regular alkaline batteries are a pain. They are actually a net negative in recycling terms. Meaning that it is actually worse for the environment to recycle them then it is to just throw them away.

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    Most lantern batteries have a carbon stick in side that has many uses and is salable on ebay or to home refiners, hobbiests, expermenters, amature scientists, free energy people, and steam punkers.
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