Hmmm … obviously a tough question, so I’ve done a bit of homework myself and it seems that it’s perfectly possible to recycle car batteries or any kind of re-chargeable battery. This link can tell you all about it http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/Batteries.htm
It seems the UK is way behind the US on recycling the more powerful lithium-ion batteries that tend to be used in mobiles, electric cars and laptops, so we send them all the way to France to be recycled. Daft or what? Nice business opportunity there for someone with a few £m to invest.

As christine indiates above, the lead/acid conventional car batteries are recycleable to a large degree and systems are mostly set up for this.
As for re-use: I occasionally get batteries from our local recycling centre to use when away from home with a 12v to 240v ac inverter. The centre let me have them free, and it’s amazing how often good batteries are thrown away. I simply put a volt meter across the terminals, so no need for a specialist battery tester, and if it reads over 10 volts then there probably isn’t a celll failed so it has a chance of being ok. For quantity re-use, maybe people storing power generated in low dc voltages would use multiple batteries and then convert up to 240v? But if i were putting in an expensive installation like that i may be tempted to put in new deep-cycle batteries or storage…?

In the UK there is a battery recycling company based near Birmingham - G&P Batteries that accept all types of batteries. I had an old car battery hanging around the garage so I called my local Council who advised that I bring it to the nearest civic amenity site and they told me that it would be sent to G&P for recycling.

Dear madam or sir,
I’am working for the Winking Dwvelopment Co.Ltd. We have a large recycle factory in china.We looking for the weast battery from Vehicles(Batteries containing lead).I’s poison and Pollution of the environment.To keep UK clean.If you can collect it we happy buy from you ,if you can’t could give some info. where i need looking for (which cpmpany),or who .
thanks

Mr. Ji Zhang,

Iam running a company which is based in Fiji Island and can supply you approximately 40 to 60 tons of old car batteries per month which are cut open, leads are separated from battery cell, acid water are drained out.

If you are interested than please feel free to reply back so we can start our dealings of where about you want us to the shipment and plus we require a payment in US dollar per ton.

Thanks
Yasin Khan
Manager
+679 9266729

i have interest to buy your old battery please call me 07903287579
or 07981272688

hi i was doing some research on battery recycling on the internet and came across your intrest in this particular area. i would like to propose to you if your still intrested on having another source of the batteries to contavt me on wakoigi@gmail.com and we could reach a mutual arragement on how to conduct the bussiness.
Thank for your consideration.
Nicholas Koigi
Nairobi.
Kenya.

dear sir
i want to come in your kind of business.
kindly can u give me some ideas and price for battries.which i want in pakistan[karachi]
tahnks.
Saleem From uk

how much are you willing to pay for batteries as i can get as many as you neeed. please email me with your info on how you would want me to ship and all info

Hi I am also interested in buying batterys.Are you located in the U.K if so where.
If you want to ring me call:07515155546

hello mate i got only 2 batteries to sell.dont know if deal in bulk.anyway if u intersted give a reply
thanks

Hi there,
I can supply with old car batteries from Fiji at a good price. if interested email me.
George

Yes, I want to establish a battery recycle factory in fiji.

Please email me at khalikmohammed@hotmail.com about junk batteries in fiji and give me your contact in fiji because I am coming to fiji in June’08

I have a method for bringing dead lead acid batteries back to life. I need to find some investor backing and a collection system.

iam interested in your deal need futher info

David, please contact me. I have been looking for a renewing solutions for lead acid batteries. I am very interested in discussing it further.
I am available via email amir at outsourceit2israel.com

Or by phone 414 921 0020 In the states
or Israel
972 50 710 7603

I’m curious as to why a car battery would fail.
I know that overcharging them can cause the lead plates to warp and short across eachother but why would a battery that has never been abused fail? I have used the “drop” method to rejuvenate a failing battery successfully many times so it would seem that some sort of conductive crud builds up between the plates which is displaced during a “drop” to the bottom of the electrolyte.
The drop method doesn’t work more than a couple of times, so perhaps there is not much room beneath the plates to store this crud and it ends up shorting across the bottom of the plates instead.
It all sounds to me like built in obsolescence so that battery manufacturers can sell more batteries.
I am about to open a lead acid battery, drain and filter the acid and attempt to clean the plates myself to see if I can renew it properly and I will post my success/failure story on here when I have done it.
Looking at the battery, the manufacturer isn’t keen to let you into their cells. They will obviously say that this is for safety reasons.

Has anyone else attempted this procedure?

hi mate how did you go with your battery procedure as iam interested in doing that in small pacific island.pls comment

reading your proposal to restore lead acid car batteries, I’m wondering if you had any luck with investors?
Sincer enquiery
Bob Preston

my company takes old car batteries and re-energises them. the sulpher build up is removed and the battery can then be tested and sold at a price lower than a new battery, but still having a 2 year guarantee. it is good for the consumer and good for the environment.
for futher information see our website, or e mail me at gary.ward1@tesco.net

I do have a lot of used batteries, if you are interested call sam +44 7852594475

Hi there we also buy batterys.If you like to email us: re-syke@hotmail.com or phone:075155546

re-cyc wrote:

Hi there we also buy batterys.If you like to email us: re-syke@hotmail.com or phone:07515155546

Dear madam & sir

I am looking for the weast battery from Vehicles(lead acid batteries).Please let me know if you have used batteries,
I will pay a good price.
+31643639222

I have car batteries i am willing to sell how much are you willing to pay. email me back at sean_d_gardner@yahoo.com

Hi sean
One of my friend ask me to look around car battries.
Can you gide me for price how much for and how many i can by from u.if u like i can give u my telefone number.Hope we will get a good deal

I have worked with lead acid batteries for some time now in UK and Australia. The principle behind the battery is very simple although reconditioning has limited scope it is possible at least once. I am interested to know how the overseas gents overcome the govermental shipping of dangerous goods act to take batteries out of the UK. It is almost impossible in Australia. If the legislation in the UK allows for the export of used Junk batteries then let me know as I would have an interest in this. But only if its 100% legal

Batteries (car/boat/rv) are easily recycled.

Typically when you buy a new car battery, you can turn in your old battery and receive money for it. If you don’t have it with you at the time, you will be given a ‘core’ amount ($10 - $15), and that amount will be returned to you when you bring in your old battery with that receipt.

Old batteries are loaded on pallets, and wrapped in clear plastic to keep them in piles. These piles (and the clear plastic wrap) are loaded in a vat of hot liquid. A crusher breaks all the batteries into very small pieces, and the plastic rises to the top of the liquid while the metal stays on the bottom of the vat. Next, the plastic is remelted, and formed into new plastic batteries, while the metal is reclaimed, the acid is redirected, and the metal is heated to molten liquid, then made into new battery cells. The batteries are completely recycled.

I saw this on a recent episode of “How It’s Made.”