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Sat 3 Nov 2007 12:07
price of scrap - bell boy
As the title says,
Ive just had a very nice itinerant person in and he offered me £2 for every scrap battery i had,i told him i would settle for a plate or a balloon only,but what a sign of the times being offered money for them,it looks like as everyone now knows the true value of old cataclysmic converters the new word is lead
£200 a tonne now scrap batteries but how many batteries would make that tonne? anyone.
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 12:13
price of scrap - Simon
I don't know but we had an 'itinerant' round the other week offering us only £1 per battery. They are not actually ours to sell and hence we didn't but I know what you mean bell boy.

Oh and another thing the rep of the company that supplies our truck batteries (we get through a lot in the winter) was muttering about them now being exchangeable items, ie we need to send the old ones back to them. I think this too is because someone has realised the price of scrap batteries.
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 12:28
price of scrap - Screwloose
bb

How many batteries to the tonne?

Well it depends how many you can get the caps off and fill 'em right to the top with water. That can add another 3kg to a truck battery.

If you take the range as from an 063 at 12kg to a 656 [undoctored] at 35kg; then allowing for the preponderence of the smaller sizes, a battery will average out around 18-20 kg.

So, with a bit of water ballast here and there; around 50 batteries to the tonne. Or £4 each.
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 12:39
price of scrap - bignick2
I am pretty sure that scrap batteries are covered by legislation pertaining to the disposal of controlled / hazardous waste. Selling them in this way probably leaves you wide open to a potentially huge fine.

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Sat 3 Nov 2007 13:06
price of scrap - bell boy
Thanks screwloose im not very good with killogrammes etc i still think in terms of bags of sugar ,seriously
bignic2 yes i am aware of the legislation pertaining to waste and specifically battery transfers although ive never got a proper answer from the enviromental people but from what i can glean even with a book of waste stiffcats on board you are not allowed to carry more than 4 scrap batteries at any one time,but thanks for the warning anyway
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 15:13
price of scrap - milkyjoe
any more than 4 batteries and you could be charged !!!!!
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 13:28
price of scrap - Screwloose
bb

Sorry.... How inconsiderate of me. Like yourself, I prefer real measures too.

So; once again [in proper terms this time] - how many batteries to the ton?

Well it depends how many you can get the caps off and fill 'em right to the top with water. That can add half a stone to a truck battery.

If you take the range as from an 063 at 25lbs [12 sugar bags] to a 656 [undoctored] at over five stone [35 bags;] then allowing for the preponderence of the smaller sizes a battery will average out at around 40lbs, or 3 stone.

So with a bit of water ballast here and there; around 50 batteries to the ton. Or £4 each.
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 13:46
price of scrap - bell boy
Give up mon i just spit my coffee out :-)
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 15:04
price of scrap - Fullchat
Wonder where the plastic and acid end up???
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 18:00
price of scrap - efad
CHINA of coarse
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Sat 3 Nov 2007 18:13
price of scrap - bell boy
CHINA of coarse
i cant politically correctly give the true answer on an open forum to the real answer i dont believe ?

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Sun 4 Nov 2007 19:24
price of scrap - Gromit {P}
BB, your local environmental officer mightn't believe the answer you could post here either, which is why they want to see proof old batteries are returned to licensed recyclers.

The plastic casings are valuable enough too, and I expect the recycling firms have found a perfectly legitimate use for used battery acid. I know, for example, used industrial alcohol gets redistilled and purified to make ultra-pure (ultra-expensive) solvent for chemical analysis - the maker gets paid to remove it as waste and paid again when he sells it as certified product.
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Tue 28 May 2013 17:55
price of scrap - alastairq

All of which really doesn't answer the nub of the question..ie, what could I expect to receive for a scrap [car] battery at an accredited re-cycler [I presume, a licensed, end-of-life breakers?}

[I have several kickking about.....woud I have to 'empty' them first?]

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Tue 28 May 2013 19:37
price of scrap - mss1tw

I weighed an old car battery in with a load of scrap cable. (Guildford Metal Exchange, if that helps.) No emptying. Can't remember the price but it was around £5.

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Wed 29 May 2013 14:33
price of scrap - Hamsafar

I got £8 a year ago for a big 110 size battery. Are they allowed to pay cash for this now? I though it had become all (pay into bank only) due to gypsies (who generally don't do banking) stealing so much metal.

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Wed 29 May 2013 17:32
price of scrap - alastairq

Thanks for that....maybe worth taking a trip to the seaside [nearest EoL breaker]....or is it better to use a specialist metal dealer?

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Thu 30 May 2013 05:47
price of scrap - 1litregolfeater

Save your scrap batteries in a big pile behind the shed. Lead is the new gold.

Or somewhere safe where itinerant persons can't p**** them.

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Thu 30 May 2013 05:55
price of scrap - 1litregolfeater

lol in the cause of political correctness we are not allowed to call a spade a spade.

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