How To Throw Away Alkaline Batteries. If the damaged battery is acid rather than alkaline use baking soda instead of vinegar or lemon juice to clean the corrosion. Most of the above stores only accept rechargeable batteries but fortunately RadioShack will take non-rechargeable alkaline batteries as well.
Charge your batteries at room temperature. Duracell also reminds battery users that there is no effective way to recycle modern alkaline batteries. Theyre also the kinds of batteries that in my house stack up when they expire with nowhere to go.
And its still a terrible idea to dispose of batteries in a firethey tend to explode.
Alkaline batteries are the AA AAA 9 volts and D cells that power remote controls clocks flashlights smoke detectors and wireless consumer devices. Today primary batteries are rather benign chemically Smith says but that doesnt mean you should just throw them away. Charge your batteries at room temperature. Rather than fading away they are powering more electronic toys drones and portable medical devices than ever.
