[Novalug] Battery Disposal

[Ken Kauffman]

The issue I ran into is that nobody at the Fairfax disposal center could
answer the question on the phone.  They kept giving me different answers.
It wasn't until I *actually took a unit to the disposal center *and pulled
up to the hazmat area that they redirected me to the recycle area for them.

That said, I'm not sure how your trash/recycling company handles it.  I
would put it inside the plastic bin they give you for recycling and see if
it goes away.  Or call AAA (or American or whoever) to see what they say.

Ken

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Pete Nuwayser <nuwayser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, you can just leave the battery at the curb on recycling day?  Do
> you need to call AAA or Champion first?
>
> Pete
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Ken Kauffman <kkauffman at headfog.com>
> wrote:
> > I just ran into this issue recently.  I am in Fairfax county and lead
> acid
> > batteries are handled as recycling.  I thought it was hazmat, but it is
> not.
> > This holds true for full UPS units with the battery as well.
> >
> > My situation was that I did not know how to dispose of an old UPS that I
> was
> > upgrading to a better unit.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I have to replace a UPS battery. Where do I dispose of the old one?
> > >
> > > Dan Arico
> > >
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