Path: csiph.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.tcpreset.net!newsgate.tebibyte.org!.POSTED.48.red-79-150-116.dynamicip.rima-tde.net!Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Yeeks ! DO Check Yer Phone Batteries !!! Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:38:20 +0200 Organization: Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming Message-ID: References: <117u2g7$1srqg$10@dont-email.me> <117utub$286tm$2@dont-email.me> <1180j3u$2ogl5$8@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mailgate.tebibyte.org; posting-host="48.red-79-150-116.dynamicip.rima-tde.net:79.150.116.48"; logging-data="20033"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tebibyte.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:91334 On 2026-09-12 20:38, rbowman wrote: > On Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:53:48 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> No charge here. It is mandatory for the garage or battery seller to take >> and process the old one. I think they make money out of the process. > > There is a 'core charge' for a car battery if you don't have an old one. > For some reason that doesn't apply for smaller motorcycle batteries. When > I dropped some old bike batteries off at a recycler I was surprised to get > paid for them. Not much, but better than a charge for taking them. > > Unlike a lot of recycling projects there is money in batteries. Aluminum > cans are also profitable, as is cardboard. > > One of the stranger loads I hauled was beer that had passed its shelf > life. A recycler was able to produce enough industrial ethanol to make it > pay. There were also able to ferment soft drinks and get alcohol. I did > notice a pallet of diet beverages that had slipped in. > Currently, when we buy a gadget we pay a recycling tax. All those things the recycling agencies are forced to take for free. At least if you are a plain citizen: if you take a lorry full of stuff you may have to pay. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;