Really? Carbon-zinc batteries rather than alkaline? Why do they even make those any more?
It’s an environmental tragedy, especially given that 90% of first world people just throw them away into the regular waste stream
I have used these batteries before. Great for general use however I did find that the Carbon-Zinc batteries did not work in my Garmin GPS.
According to Wikipedia, Carbon Zinc batteries are best for low power consumption devices like remote controls for television, clocks, smoke detectors and flashlights.
I’m assuming the Garmin should have worked, but probably sucked too much power.
Unfortunately not all towns will take them for recycling. They specifically tell you to just toss them in the regular trash.
Yup. If it’s not rechargeable, most municipalities and big box stores tell you to toss them. Wish I could find somewhere that would take them.
Right there on your post it states…
‘‘there is currently no national stewardship solution to allow for free recycling of single-use batteries, except in Vermont.’’
And these btteries on Woot are NOT Rechaargeble batteries, they are single use batteries which when you go to Call2Recycle it tells you ‘‘there is currently no national stewardship solution to allow for free recycling of single-use batteries, except in Vermont.’’ so not sure why you posted this company’s info? FYI…this company its who Home Depot uses and their boxes are at all the entry doors at HD here in Kentucky. Even thought it says that the boxes are for rechargeable batteries only I still save up all my dead one use batteries and put them in Home Depot’s boxes because I just can bring myself to throw them in the garbage 
I agree that it stinks to throw them away, but I wouldn’t put them in the HD boxes. They’re not going to recycle them and probably just results in more work to sort them out which makes it less profitable which in turn means they are less likely to continue recycling the rechargeable batteries. Or worse yet, they’ll just toss the entire lot.
If you have an Ikea nearby, they have separate bins for rechargeable and non-rechargable batteries. They’re usually located near the exit area.
Sweet! I’ve got an ikea on my way home from work. Thanks!
That doesn’t absolve the consumer from the resulting environmental damage. Low-life non alkaline disposable batteries are an abomination