Alkaline Battery Reuse - Revision history

Mkille at 20:44, 17 May 2013

2013-05-17T20:44:59Z

Jashcraft at 21:17, 6 March 2012

2012-03-06T21:17:52Z

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2012-03-03T01:02:17Z

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Note, this is a work in progress. This page was drafted by John Ashcraft on 3-2-2012

= Testing =
* Gloves should be worn.
* Test only non-rechargable alkaline batteries.
* A battery is considered good enough for reuse when the meter (provided by the warehouse) shows the indicator past the 2nd 'O' on good. Go/od
* "good" batteries should be set aside for bundling and labeled as good. If these cannot be bundled immediately they should be delivered to the warehouse by the end of a shift.
* non-rechargeable batteries that do not pass this test should be segregated, labeled and returned to the warehouse for recycling.

= Bundling =
* Gloves should be worn.
* Retesting batteries immediately before bundling is a good Quality control practice.
* For ease of handling and sale batteries should be rubberbanded together in the following configurations.
=== Bundle Sizes ===
*AAA in bundles of 7
*AA in bundles of 7
*C In bundles of 4
*D in bundles of 3
*9v single

= Sales =

=== Labling ===
Used Batteries
Sold As-is! These used batteries have been tested and have a “good” remaining charge. They are great for bike lights etc.
Used/mismatched batteries are not recommended for expensive electronics.
Use only at your own risk

= Theory =

About 15% of the alkaline batteries we pull from gizmos still have a
high charge. Currently we pay about a dollar a pound to dispose of
them at metro Hazardous Waste.

We have some cheap battery testers that indicate good/bad. Receiving
was good at sorting batteries for reuse. The store was selling them
well (bundled 5-10/$1) for a couple of weeks in 2011 until Tony put some
"good" ones in a digital camera and it displayed a message that the
batteries needed to be replaced.

Fancy electronics may be sensitive to batteries that are not fully
charged, or mismatched pairs of batteries. Bike lights and many other
electronics are not.

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 = Testing =
-* Gloves should be worn.
+* Gloves should be worn. (disposable latex/vinly are recommended.)
 * Test only non-rechargable alkaline batteries.
 * A battery is considered good enough for reuse when the meter (provided by the warehouse) shows the indicator past the 2nd 'O' on good. Go/od
 * "good" batteries should be set aside for bundling and labeled as good. If these cannot be bundled immediately they should be delivered to the warehouse by the end of a shift.
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 = Bundling =
-* Gloves should be worn.
+* Gloves should be worn. (disposable latex/vinly are recommended.)
 * Retesting batteries immediately before bundling is a good Quality control practice.
 * For ease of handling and sale batteries should be rubberbanded together in the following configurations.
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 charged, or mismatched pairs of batteries.  Bike lights and many other
 electronics are not.