Thanks Adam. Are you able to post the name and email of your local recycle place that takes the alkaline? Or PM me with it? I would like to find out exactly how they are being handled and recycled. Also how they do it without charging. There are companies, for example
Toxco's program the
Big Green Box, that do recycle them for a fee.
There are claims that companies that take all kinds of batteries, actually just sort and ship the alkaline ones somewhere for storage and do not recycle them. I have been told that some companies that say will recycle alkaline batteries, and that do collect them along with other types, sort out the alkaline and toss them. I have never been able to definitively determine that there exists a company that will take the alkaline for free and them really recycles them. It has been a while since I have looked into this so maybe things have changed. I would love to know for sure.
on edit: heh Cynette, not only are we cross posting, but thinking alike!