Disposing of a dead ...

[doodab]

Charge it as best as you can manage then short it out on a transatlantic flight.

[BolshieBastard]

... laptop battery. Just received a replacement battery for a thinkpad and now need to get rid of the deceased one.

Any suggestions? Had a search on the lenovo site, but nothing came up. Do the council take them at the local tip (sorry, recycling centre) - I think ours has a battery bin, but not sure if this includes laptop ones.

Even I am not that heartless just to chuck it in the bin.

Take it to your local waste disposal site. It could be a lipo battery which even when 'dead' can be very combustable. If its a nicad or nimh pack, they still need disposing of carefully.

[SupremeSpod]

Take it to your local waste disposal site. It could be a lipo battery which even when 'dead' can be very combustable. If its a nicad or nimh pack, they still need disposing of carefully.

Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure!