sharpness Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 I weighed in my 3x 110AH old batteries today & was surprised ( & pleased) to get £38-00 for a total of 68Kg ie 55p/Kg. Only got £23-00 at the same place 4 years ago. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza954 Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 16 hours ago, sharpness said: I weighed in my 3x 110AH old batteries today & was surprised ( & pleased) to get £38-00 for a total of 68Kg ie 55p/Kg. Only got £23-00 at the same place 4 years ago. Steve Did your batteries still have the acid in them ? bazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebulae Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Just weighed in 4 100ah leisure and 110ah. Had £54. Few years ago you could not give them away. I believe it may be because of new processing plant that can separate the bits in an environmental way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearley Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I got £65 for 4 x 135 ahr in March. Very pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpness Posted August 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 6 hours ago, Bazza954 said: Did your batteries still have the acid in them ? bazza Yes, straight out of the boat, into the boot. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taslim Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 14 hours ago, sharpness said: Yes, straight out of the boat, into the boot. Steve Top them up first. Every little helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza954 Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 14 hours ago, sharpness said: Yes, straight out of the boat, into the boot. Steve Oh, maybe the scrap yards don't break them up anymore and pass them on with the acid still in them, must go to a specialist reclaiming company. bazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza954 Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 17 hours ago, nebulae said: Just weighed in 4 100ah leisure and 110ah. Had £54. Few years ago you could not give them away. I believe it may be because of new processing plant that can separate the bits in an environmental way. managed to miss your post somehow, thanks for info. bazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza954 Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Just found this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, Bazza954 said: Just found this Really interesting. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. W. Walker Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Scrapyards will pay for batteries whatever the daily rate is for that type of scrap - and this can vary dramatically over a year, sometimes ten fold variation. Also they are very specific, so the price per kg for lead batteries will be different from lead piping for example. The feature above on re-cycling is interesting, I had a visit to a lead re-processing factory in Newcastle some years ago, they took in lead scrap, mainly batteries, and melted it down and made sheet lead for roofing and flashing. However they were also very proud of their plastics re-cycling where the battery cases were melted down for re-use as low grade plastic items like plant pots. The other thing I remember is that they were very tight on pollution control, quite rightly so, as they didn't want lead getting into the soil or out of chimneys, and the staff were monitored for lead in their blood, so it was well run. Suspect if it was outsourced to the third world none of that would get done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 I watched a program on the TV, "How's it done" or something. The threw all the batteries in a large sloping concrete sloping pit with a drainage system at one end and then ran over them with a big digger with wheels like the ones on land fill sites have to smash them all up. It was probably America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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