[AusNOG] EOL Battery Strings

[Matt Perkins]

I had that problem a couple of years back. The transport cost was greater then  the return from the metal guys. In the end I found the contact bellow. It took a while but they arranged for the pickup and disposal nation wide

Matt.


Nathan Pickering | Product Recycling Manager
Century Yuasa Batteries Pty Ltd
e:nathan.pickering at cyb.com.au  |p: +61 7 3361 6141 |m: 0428576697 |f: +61 7 3361 6166
37 - 65 Cobalt Street, Carole Park QLD 4300 |www.centuryyuasa.com.au




On 2/09/2014 12:34 pm, Ross Wheeler wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Curtis Bayne wrote:
>
>> None of the scrappers are very keen on selling me loose batteries 
>> though.
>> It's probably a legal thing.
>
> Yes, AFAIK, lead is considered a hazardous waste, and as such they're 
> only permitted to "dispose of it" in an acceptable manner - which 
> likely means either selling it to another (licensed) recycler, or 
> melting it down for re-use.
>
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