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grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Not to hijack your question, but I’m in a similar situation where the Anker power bank I use to charge my phone got recalled because it can apparently cause fires. Lurking here to see how people respond to your question, because I know I shouldn’t just throw it away, and none of the battery recycle places around town will take it because it’s been recalled.

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winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If its recalled don’t you return it for a refund usually?

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- grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  They didn’t offer that, they only offered a replacement.
  
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  - Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Well a replacement is fine as well right?
    
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    grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Oh I’m thankful for the replacement, I’m just not thrilled with now having to find a way to properly dispose of the faulty one.
    
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fubarx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Batteries shouldn’t go into garbage because they can and will leak or explode. We have a regular recycling service around here, but they don’t take many kinds of batteries (including lithium ones).

There’s a county “hazardous waste” service that takes things like paint and old fuel for generators. They take some things but not others. There’s also a separate “e-waste” service. Last time I had a few things to drop off, I had to call to find which ones would take a specific type of battery.

I’ve got the same Anker recall. Will be calling around next week to find which place will take them.

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