Most batteries—regardless of type AAA, AA, Laptop’s batteries, etc.—contain toxic chemicals. like Cadmium, Lead, Lithium, or Sulfuric acid. If your old batteries end up in a landfill, pollutants like these can leak out into the environment and contaminate groundwater, damage fragile ecosystems, and even make their way into the food chain.
If batteries aren’t disposed of properly, there’s also a possibility they could short circuit, overheat, and cause a fire. And depending on where you live and the battery in question, it may be illegal to put one in the trash altogether.
You can use your imagination and make a project with the children and family creating a container to dispose of all kinds of batteries. Once the container is full, it is easy to enter locations that receive recycled batteries, search the internet according to where you live centers that receive batteries and / or by participating in the many mail-in or take back programs that are available you will be surprised how easy it can be.
You can also recycle by the same way old electronics like TVs, laptops, tablets, mobile phones…
