[ale] Laptop battery disposal

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I believe you can drop them off at batteries+. Not sure if they charge for them. 

Geoffrey Myers

> On Apr 16, 2021, at 4:10 PM, Solomon Peachy via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 07:43:29PM +0000, Steve Tynor via Ale wrote:
>> I just replaced a swollen battery in my old macbook pro and now need to
>> dispose of the old one.  Any advice on somewhere local I can drop it off?
>> (NW Atlanta/Tucker area).
> 
> Cut it in half, drop it in a bucket of water, and after a few seconds
> toss in a match and watch the water burn! 
> 
> LiIon isn't inhernetly toxic, just highly volatile.
> 
> But that said, any hardware store (or Best Buy, last time I set foot in 
> one) accepted old LiIon batteries.
> 
> - Solomon
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