Unlike tyres, car batteries have little use once they are damaged, used, or have outlived their shelf life. Because it contains dangerous or hazardous chemicals like lead, copper, and sulfur, this particular car item should be disposed of properly. This is not one of your usual articles that you can store in your garage for very long periods of time or you can just throw in a rubbish bin which is labeled as non-biodegradable. So how do you get rid of this item from your homes?
There are many doable ways such as:You can register for local procedures on disposing dangerous and hazardous chemicals and items. Check online and you will be given ideas on registration, rules and regulations, schedules and fees among others.
You can also search your area for car repair shops that buy old batteries.Because they employ automotive experts, they know how to recycle and reuse car batteries and sell them to budget conscious drivers.
You can go back to your usual car repair shop and exchange old car batteries for new ones by just simply adding the difference between price of the new battery and the appraised value of the old battery.
Now, there are localities which by law puts a limit on the quantity of old batteries to be disposed. Thus, as car owners, you need to maintain your battery and ensure that it reaches its intended shelf life. As a consequence, you won’t be buying car batteries very often. Here are some suggestions:
Always check the battery solution (if it is one of those that uses alkaline to charge the battery).You should see to it that it is not drained. Once you have noticed that it is at a critical level (water level nearly touches the plates of the battery), you should immediately pour in more battery solution.
Always check if there are devices running on your car even if the engine is not running. These things eat up the charge of the battery and once the battery is drained you will need to recharge it. Once it has completely run out of charge trying to recharge it won’t help.
Check headlights and other car parts that use electricity. These things also cause batteries to drain.
Always check for corrosion and remove this immediately so that it won’t spread to other parts of the battery and to your car as well.
If you want to minimise problems on disposing car batteries it is suggested that you should also perform routine maintenance to it so that you help maximise its shelf life. This way you won’t buy batteries very often and end up with a pile of them inside your garage or other parts of your house. Just think of the potential hazard your family is exposed to with old and unused batteries for cars.