Answer by Bryce for How to safely dispose of a damaged lithium ion battery?
Be clear there are two levels of "damaged": bulging, and breached.Li-Ion batteries will have single thermal event: once the airtight case is breached they'll rapidly discharge: if there's enough energy...
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Nilesh Dattani linked to this site in a comment:Call2Recyclespecifically this page:Damaged, Defective and Recalled Batteries | Call2Recycle | United StatesFrom the above-linked page, on handling...
View ArticleAnswer by john for How to safely dispose of a damaged lithium ion battery?
just put it in plastic bag and take it to a homedepot store and put it in there battery recycle bin. then it goes to appropriate place to deal with it rather than in trash or junk yard
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Lithium Ion batteries cannot be disposed of in your trash either! Although the back of a trash truck is usually wetter and less likely to feed the sparks from these batteries and start a fire-they are...
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Yes discharging bare tabbed cells to less than 1v at around 1 amp ie automotive bulb is safe but the cell may get hot. This procedure is best done outside and after checking with meter 12 hours later...
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I replaced a lithium ion battery in a device and the old battery is swollen/bulging but no otherwise damaged.My municipality (NYC) requires many retailers to accept batteries or devices containing them...
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