The company I work for goes through 20-30 9-volt batteries a day or more. I know common practice is to throw them out, but is there somewhere in Raleigh or nearby that I can try to recycle them from now on? Any info is a great help, thanks!

10/20/2009 1:06:17 AM

You can try Batteries Plus but not sure if they would take them in bulk though.

10/20/2009 7:25:43 AM

Do they not make rechargeable 9-volts? Now that I think about it the only rechargeable batteries I think I've seen are AA and AAA's.

10/20/2009 9:15:29 AM

A simple Google search of battery recycling in Wake County yielded this:

http://www.wakegov.com/recycling/residents/houshazwaste.htm

batteries are listed.

10/20/2009 10:04:49 AM

^thanks I'll check that out.

^^we used to use rechargeable batteries but they become unreliable too quickly for the cost difference to be useful. We buy either duracell procell or energizer industrial in bulk.

10/20/2009 6:05:10 PM

Why so many 9 volt batteries? Sounds like death from too much current.

10/20/2009 6:26:32 PM

Do you work for some sort of commercial/theatrical audio company?

10/20/2009 6:31:28 PM

news station. We use wireless lav mics for the anchors/reporters. I run audio among other things and was trying to see if there was something more environmentally friendly then throwing away boxes of 9-volt batteries every week

10/20/2009 6:51:34 PM

wake county actually has a very extensive recycling program, they will even do free pickup as long as you are a customer

give them a call and arrange a time, or just go drop the batteries off at a recycling center

10/20/2009 8:17:13 PM