How To Dispose Of Nickel Cadmium Batteries. Changing regulations may result in easier access to the nickel-cadmium batteries for recycling. Once the NiMH batteries die they should not be disposed of in the regular garbage.
This prohibition applies to every resident as well as every business institutional government industrial commercial. Under Florida law it is illegal to discard nickel-cadmium or small sealed lead acid rechargeable batteries or products containing such rechargeable batteries in the trashThe batteries must be recycled or sent to a facility permitted to dispose of those batteries. Once the NiMH batteries die they should not be disposed of in the regular garbage.
However currently approximately 80 percent of all nickel-cadmium batteries are permanently sealed in appliances.
Recycling Wet Nickel Cadmium Batteries. The toxic metals that generate energy in these batteries can be harmful to the environment if discarded improperly. 9 rows Nickel-Cadmium Batteries. Unfortunately even rechargeable ones eventually stop working and need proper disposal.
