Wet Cell Household Battery Recycling

This information is to help individual households, recycle any wet cell type batteries, that they may have generated at their residence. Usually these larger types of batteries would be from, automobiles, trucks, tractors, boats, recreational vehicles, motor cycles, four wheelers, and farm equipment. They are flooded cell lead acid batteries that have free flowing electrolyte fluid in each cell of the battery. Electrolyte is a mixture of sulfuric acid and water. It is important to keep these batteries upright, with the terminals protected, and away from children. The difference between these, and dry cell batteries, is that the dry cell batteries, have electrolyte, that is absorbed into the battery plate separators, and makes them a dry or a non spillable battery.

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These instructions are to help you safely recycle your wet cell lead acid batteries in a way that will protect the environment, your family, and save you money. It is always less expensive for a individual residence to take the wet cell batteries to a participating local business, rather then pay to ship them out of town.

When ever you purchase a wet cell battery, take the old one with you, or return it to the retailer. They will send it to be recycled through there reverse distribution program.
If you have some old wet cell batteries that you need to take some where to be recycled, look for a local battery company, a used auto parts business, a scrap metal buyer, or a household hazardous waste day in your community that participates in accepting batteries for recycling.
If you ever spill a wet cell battery, you can use baking soda to neutralize the acid. This will turn it into a salt like substance and protect the spill area from deteriation.
For your protection, you should always wear protective glasses and gloves when handling wet cell lead acid batteries.
Battery Solutions can help you recycle dry cell batteries used in laptops, cell phones, flashlights, cameras, watches, hearing aids, or toys.