@localzuk Yes, I'm not sure where I could recycle a LiIon battery; normal batteries I can recycle at a supermarket; but then you get people putting LiIon batteries in supermarket recycling boxes and it all goes very bad.
@penguin42 exactly, it just moves the problem around. How long until we see a Tesco go up in flames because of a faulty cell in one of their recycling tubs?
@localzuk Here in germany we store them in the house and bring them to a collection box now-and-then. I have not heard of house fires because of that yet. I did not search though. Still seems safer than throwing them in a bin outside which might contain wet stuff.
@amicklei the problem will be poorly made cells. A normal cell made by a good brand will likely not be any issue for anyone unless it gets pierced.
But cells used in cheap items, such as random power banks from no-brand Chinese firms, that use badly made cells are a risk. It's why we keep seeing things like escooter fires, as the manufacturers of cheap ones use bad quality cells.
Honestly, we should be tightening up import controls on them as well.
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