There are only a few recyclers that take flooded NICad batteries. The biggest is Battery Recyclers of America. This company operates the recycle bins at Lowes and Home Depot. They do not take flooded Nicad batteries or large format battery assemblies at Lowes. In order to get Battery Recyclers of America or any recycler to take flooded Nicad you must have at least 1000 lb. They will pickup the batteries for free; however, they charge $0.75 per pound for recycling. They will issues a recycle certificate. This recycle certificate is a requirement when buying military surplus aircraft flooded Nicad batteries from the government. When you buy the batteries the government sends an inspector to see what you are going to do with the batteries. You must sign a statement saying that when you are finished with the batteries you will recycle the batteries via an approved recycle facility. Whoever first purchased the batteries from the government must pass on this requirement to the next purchaser. I think, you are going to have a similar requirement for large battery assemblies. There will be a recycling fee and it will not be low cost.
________________________________ From: EV <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Abramowitz via EV <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2018 8:24 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: Mark Abramowitz; Bill Collins Subject: Re: [EVDL] NICAD Batteries Let me edit correct that - that is, unless they say that they do. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Nov 4, 2018, at 7:18 AM, Mark Abramowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m pretty sure that hazardous waste drop-offs do not recycle the batteries. > > - Mark > > Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > >> On Nov 4, 2018, at 6:33 AM, Damon Henry via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I dropped a couple dead SAFT STM5 100s off at our hazardous waste drop in >> the NiCad section several years ago. I came back a second time with more >> and they stopped me and said they could not take that format... It's been >> quite a while, so I guess I could give it a go with a few BB600s and see >> what they say. I could also talk to them about large format lithiums. I'm >> going to eventually need a plan for those as well. >> >> Damon >> ________________________________ >> From: EV <[email protected]> on behalf of Bill Collins via EV >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 4:27 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Bill Collins >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] NICAD Batteries >> >> I took a quick look at that before buying a few BB660 cells to experiment >> with as a starting battery for an ice. They seem to meet all the >> requirements for dropping off in the battery recycle bin at Lowes home >> centers. It's not a practical way to dispose of a large number, but for a >> few dead cells, I would just drop one off from time to time. >> >> I'm interested in hearing the details on larger scale recycling too. >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: >> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.evdl.org%2Fhelp%2Findex.html%23usub&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce0ef049090ca43e3c56e08d6417f532a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636768412439505460&sdata=TaN7vfhf55MLwrb66d8C8SReMh4ggc78AkAgDfw20ao%3D&reserved=0 >> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.evdl.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fev-evdl.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce0ef049090ca43e3c56e08d6417f532a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636768412439505460&sdata=uG4zvvvmA1R6vhKm6Ia8UHi%2FV%2FYxKpfuIgXmHqO27c8%3D&reserved=0 >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >> (https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.yahoo.com%2Fgroup%2FNEDRA&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce0ef049090ca43e3c56e08d6417f532a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636768412439505460&sdata=PVwLEKljEozAfFKLIrcTvnEcXUjvlrWELFWqaAYuxo4%3D&reserved=0) >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181104/2a0e4393/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181105/6023058c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
