I own Anker PowerCore Essential A1281H11 and it served me well for almost two years of use. Now it’s barely holds any charge and today I noticed it kinda feels expanded a bit.
So is there a risk of fire hazard if I don’t drop it in a battery recycling bin sooner? How I can store batteries at home safely?
What should I do when powerbank dies?
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There’s usually a battery drop-off place nearby, find yours and take it there.
Do not put in the general trash, as if water gets to it you’ll increase chance something unsafe which could hurt a waste collection worker or damage machinery.
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You will find spots in supermarkets etc. were you can leave these.
NEVER DROP ANY BATTERIES IN THE HOUSEHOLD TRASH, PLEASE:
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Frustrating part of my neck of the woods is that my city does not accept batteries. Nor do they recycle any electronic equipment.
The surrounding cities require you to be a resident of that city/county so that isn’t an option. Recycling electronic and batteries really needs to be easier in the states.
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You could ask the administration of your city why they don’t.
I am not a “green” but this is absolutely not acceptable.
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I just checked the site again. I stand corrected; policy changed just a couple months ago: You can now recycle batteries & E-Waste in my town; however it is 0.05 (5 cents USD) per pound with a $15.00 MINIMUM charge.
I’ve got probably 30 lbs of old computers/laptops/batteries that need recycled, I’ll probably just store it for another few years to make it worth my while. However, if people are going to have to pay $15 to properly dispose of a single $15 rechargable battery/cable/sdcard then that is going to end up in the landfill. Guaranteed.
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Stealing money from Citizens this City-administration is even better and “inventive”
that those in Germany. 
What a kind of nonsense!
This recycling is free here in München.
Even the bulky waste .
Many spots here. in the city.
Next one is about 5 min by car from our house.
Only one thing to say.
Its incredible how many good and usable things are shredded there.
I am an after war child, so I am really confused about this.
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If I want to make a difficult change I write to the wannabe next elected official who I use to shame the incumbent.
Sitting officials already on the gravy train are useless but a decent threat of being fired gets them to act.
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It’s a lot easier for me to just complain on the internet to strangers, but this may be something I complain about to officials.
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Make agreeing with you their easiest option.
Otherwise known as nagging.
Find a cute animal and stand in front of it with the local opposition candidate and make out the lack of recycling will harm the cute animal. Hedgehogs, a puppy, kittens, usually work. Photo op and local newspapers do the rest…
Become the clickbait.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for pointing this out.
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This is a great question!
I wish I had a better presentation, but this link on power bank disposal from the US Environmental Protection Agency will have to do.
In short, don’t toss it in the household trash. There’s a risk of it being crushed by equipment, and that’s a fire hazard (at a minimum, I suppose).
Instead, find a certified battery recycling place.
I live in North America, and I collect batteries in a box and then drive them to my city’s recycling center (along with other hard-to-recycle items). I also take used laptops and other appliances to Best Buy, where I can just drop in and set it on a shelf by the door before being sucked into the tech wonders I’m so drawn to. I think, too, that any battery-centered retailer like Batteries + will recycle them for free, too.
Great question. Thanks for asking @Likon
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Didn’t think of places like batteries +, good idea.
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Well, when you have as much open space as we do in NA, particularly in the American West, a sad reality of trash is “out of sight, out of mind.”
I marvel at the things people throw into the landfill here. The landfill is very near capacity now, too. I mean, recycle? Don’t buy it? Give it away? Think before you buy … where does this go when it’s dead to me?
I’m not perfect with this at all, but still, I marvel at the things people throw in the landfill here.
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Go! Fight! Win!
100 percent agree.
I learned a couple years ago that my city will recycle plastic film. It’s just not part of the single-stream curbside pickup service. So now I drive that useless fluff to the recycling center. I roll my eyes every time. Petroleum on top of petroleum …
It’s me. I’m the problem.