Recycling UPS Batteries
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I've amassed a collection of old UPS batteries. (And some laptop batteries as well.)
Anyone have any ideas on where to take them, preferably at no cost? Or if at a cost, preferably low?
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@BRRABill said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
I've amassed a collection of old UPS batteries. (And some laptop batteries as well.)
Anyone have any ideas on where to take them, preferably at no cost? Or if at a cost, preferably low?
Some places like Batteries + May give you a credit on new batteries. I know that the local place here in KY gave me something per pound of batteries,..
Laptop batteries can be shipped to me for disposal.. I take them apart and use the cells in other projects.
I have about 40 18650 cells from doing this.
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One of my clients is a forklift dealer and they have a contract for battery disposal. They let me toss in old UPS batteries whenever I need.
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My local Batteries + lets me drop off at no charge.
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I think ours is done by Interstate Batteries. But Safety/Maintenance handle all that.
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@Jason said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
I think ours is done by Interstate Batteries. But Safety/Maintenance handle all that.
We know those guys. Probably a good vendor to go with.
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I'm pretty certain places like Battery+ have recycling programs, but how many are you talking about here?
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Most metal recycling facilities will pay you cash by weight for them. You usually get $10-20 for lead acid. I am not sure what you get per battery for gel batteries, but I dropped off some UPS(es) at my local recylcler and got over a $100.
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Local metal recycling facility just gave us $80 for all our old batteries.
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@jyates said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
Local metal recycling facility just gave us $80 for all our old batteries.
How many batteries and what size were these?
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@DustinB3403 said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
@jyates said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
Local metal recycling facility just gave us $80 for all our old batteries.
How many batteries and what size were these?
The sizes varied as they were from different units. The company had a pile of old ones, because they didn't know what to do with them. I think it was around 60.
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@jyates said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
@DustinB3403 said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
@jyates said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
Local metal recycling facility just gave us $80 for all our old batteries.
How many batteries and what size were these?
The sizes varied as they were from different units. The company had a pile of old ones, because they didn't know what to do with them. I think it was around 60.
That is a lot of batteries, I bet that was fun to haul from storage to your car to the scrap yard. . . . NOT!
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@DustinB3403 said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
car
It wasn't bad. Hitched a trailer and took it over. The recycling center is only 3 minutes away. Didn't even have to unload anything.
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@jyates said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
@DustinB3403 said in Recycling UPS Batteries:
car
It wasn't bad. Hitched a trailer and took it over. The recycling center is only 3 minutes away. Didn't even have to unload anything.
Yeah most places will unload it for you.
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If you're in a curious mood split apart the laptop batteries and play with the 18650s inside. I highly recommend you read about them first, but damn are they awesome fun.
