On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:02:03 GMT, BE
wrote:

On 12/17/05 8:31 AM, in article , "N Cook"
wrote:

Throw them out and get new rechargeable's. Once they leak, they've
had it.

Please, never THROW OUT any batteries. Take them to Radio Shack or your city
haz-mat center so they can be recycled. It scares me to consider all the
batteries that get thrown in the trash, which then go on to leach their
toxic substances into groundwater.

Be

What about the plain carbon acid flashlight batteries? Are they bad
to dispose? I dont think recyclers even take them, or the common
alkaline batteries?