Could call your local council, they usually have an e-waste process. Call them to ask about a pillowed battery and if they accept it. If they don’t accept it, they might be able to advise how to dispose of it.
Anecdotally, I’ve heard Battery World accepts them, but again, I’d call ahead to confirm.
Anyone know how to (safely) get rid of a phone battery that’s swollen up into a “spicy pillow”?
!spicypillows@lemmy.world
It’s apparently a fire risk, so it needs some kind of special handling — I don’t want to just drop it in a bin somewhere!
I took my phone to the repair shop in a lunch cooler bag and they dealt with it
Could call your local council, they usually have an e-waste process. Call them to ask about a pillowed battery and if they accept it. If they don’t accept it, they might be able to advise how to dispose of it.
Anecdotally, I’ve heard Battery World accepts them, but again, I’d call ahead to confirm.
So, update after calling the local council:
The council rep said to drop it in their e-waste collection bin, next to the other mobile phones.
I’m not actually sure that is quite safe enough, honestly, but maybe these spicy pillows aren’t as dangerous as I have been led to believe.
i took my very spicy old lap top to the council e-waste