“Don’t throw that out!” You’ve most likely heard this at some point in your life as you were trying to throw out some AAs or a 9V battery.
接下来，你最有可能看看谁在眼睛里说，并慢慢把电池放在最近的台面上。（当然，当然，你等到他们没有看起来并扔掉它。）
Still, it does make you wonder if they were correct. In the following guide, you’ll learn everything there is to know about how to dispose of batteries properly.
This includes when it’s fine to throw them in the trash can vs when you need to recycle batteries (and where to do it). Learn it all below!
如何处理普通家用电池
Before 1996, all batteries were made of highly toxic components like mercury (hence your mom yelling at you when you tried to throw them out as a child). Throwing these batteries in the trash, where they’d end up in a landfill was a huge hazard to the environment.
Fortunately, the government and modern technology stepped in. Now, most single-use household batteries are made with non-toxic materials and are safe to dispose of in the trash can. This includes AA, AAA, C, D, and 9V.
Exceptions
Despite this, it is still illegal to dispose of any batteries in the trash can in the state of California. Californians will have to take all batteries to a licensed电池回收服务。我们稍后会覆盖更多内容。
此外，这些小的“纽扣电池”电池不能在垃圾桶中处理电动手表和小装置。这些contain mercury并且必须回收。
Other Types of Batteries
铅酸电池和其他汽车电池对环境肯定有毒，并应始终回收。这也是任何可充电电池。
Your mobile phone’s battery and any other rechargeable batteries must be recycled. There are penalties in most states for improper disposal of these batteries.
How to Recycle Batteries
Now you’re probably wondering exactly where to recycle batteries. Here are a few methods for finding the right recycling site for different kinds of batteries.
把它们放回你得到的地方
In most cases, this is the golden rule of how to recycle batteries. The place that sold the battery (or the device powered by it) will usually recycle it for you when you’re done with it.
Your local mobile phone dealer, for example, should take back mobile batteries and devices for recycling. This is the same for car batteries, too. Anyone who sells or installs them will typically take your old car battery off your hands for recycling.
谷歌并致电本地回收商
如果出于一些奇怪的原因，方法1对您不起作用，请尝试此操作。谷歌回收中心在您当地的地区。从最近的开始，给他们一个电话，并询问他们是否回收了您需要处理的电池。
Remember This Guide on How to Dispose of Batteries Properly
不正当的电池处理致命对环境以及通常是非法的。保留此列表书签以确保您遵循这些规则如何处理电池。
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