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WEEE Regulations and Battery Recycling Waste household (portable) batteries are accepted back free of charge in our stores. Portable batteries include rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries such as AA, AAA and button cell batteries. Look out for the special box in-store for battery recycling.

Council household item collection service Many local councils offer free collection services for unwanted bulky household items. If you have something that can't go in your waste or recycling bin, call your council and ask them about their clean up or bulky household item collection services.

Lithium-ion batteries and devices containing these batteries should NOT go in household garbage or recycling bins. Lithium-ion batteries SHOULD be taken to separate recycling or household hazardous waste collection points .

Visit B-cycle for a full list of recycling drop-off points. Aldi supermarkets offer a free battery recycling service at all their Australian stores. Any brand of AA, AAA, C, D and 9V batteries (both rechargeable and non-rechargeable) are accepted. Simply drop your used batteries into the dedicated bins in store.

Aldi supermarkets will take AA, AAA, C, D and 9 volt batteries (both single use and rechargeable) for recycling. Other major chains that collect household type batteries include Officeworks, IKEA, and Battery World. Most council offices also provide a collection service for a range of batteries.

Lithium ion batteries contained in laptops, phones, battery packs etc. are banned from carriage in the check-in baggage. Interestingly these very batteries can unknowingly enter the cargo hold of the aircraft without any screening when oversized handbags are collected from the passengers at the boarding point.

The discharge current must be one-tenth of the value of C (capacity of the pack). You can discharge your LiPo battery after getting a voltage rate of 1.0 voltage per cell or lower than this rate. Some Li-polymer chargers can't have the ability to discharge after the maximum 3 V per cell.

LiPo Battery Disposal Discharge the LiPo battery as far down as you safely can. You can do this a number of ways.Place the LiPo in a salt water bath. Mix table salt into some warm (not hot) water.Check the voltage of the LiPo. If the voltage of the battery is 0.0V, great!Dispose of the battery in the trash.

Lithium-ion batteries and devices containing these batteries should NOT go in household garbage or recycling bins. Lithium-ion batteries SHOULD be taken to separate recycling or household hazardous waste collection points .

Check with your local council as some have a recycling drop-off facility available for residents. If you cannot drop your batteries off, batteries cannot be recycled through the yellow bin. Batteries (other than lead acid batteries) can be placed in the waste bin, but then they will go to landfill.