What should you do with old laptop batteries

In any case, once your battery’s life is over, you have to replace it. This is when you come to Smart Parts and get a brand new laptop battery. The question now is what should you do with your old battery? No battery is a 100% dead, because no matter how much you use it, there will still be just that tiny bit of life still left. Nothing to be scared of, but that is enough reason to call for separate disposal.Also, because laptop batteries are composed of chemicals and metals, they shouldn’t be thrown away with normal garbage. That is because these chemicals and metals are non-biodegradable and will cause more harm to the environment than regular garbage. Most places that sell laptop batteries also have disposal facilities for old ones, which are then sent to places where they are re-cycled and used to make other appliances and products. Recycling ensures that the overall consumption and throwing away of metals becomes less, and leads to a healthier environment.

Another way that you can use old laptop batteries is by using them in alternative electric appliances. The small amount of power that an old laptop battery has may not be sufficient for the laptop to run, but nevertheless it is a considerable power source. Many appliances can work on old laptop batteries. For instance, take an emergency lamp. You can do this by breaking up the battery and using the individual components in the emergency lamp. This however, is a process that requires expert guidance or else you’ll end up damaging the emergency lamp. Not many would want to do this, but this is an option nonetheless. People living in places where resources are scarce can turn to this option, and make use of old laptop batteries in an effective manner, but only under supervision of an expert.

Yet another option is to re-fill your battery, but there’s no saying up to what extent this will work. The best you can do it give it a try. There are many online vendors who offer to re-fill your battery, with new cells, and this sounds feasible enough, because as long as the System Management Bus Circuit on the battery is functional and treated under professional supervision, the cells can be replaced. So, this option is worth a try as well.

Now that you have seen some ways of disposing of or using your old laptop battery, it is now up to you to decide which way you want to follow.

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