Comment on How to get rid of swollen batteries?
colourlesspony@pawb.social 3 days ago
If you have multi meter and the voltage is at zero then it should be safe to recycle normally. If it’s charged and swollen then it’s a fire risk. Keep the battery in the phone and in a metal container until you know there no energy left in the battery. A dead battery even swollen shouldn’t be a fire risk.
AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
you cannot recycle li ion batteries “normally”. you should remove the battery from the phone and dispose of it as soon as possible. best buy, target, and some other techy stores take them, so call around. phone repair shops should also be able to help. a conductive container is also a bad idea. airtight plastic is the way to go if you’re that concerned about it, however once it’s removed from the device you can realistically keep it in any nonconductive container and you’ll be fine.