Disposal and recycling can be difficult and costly. Be cautious of buying used alkaline batteries. Usually no shipping charges or tax. Call for arrangements. Shipping wet batteries is rarely necessary.
International shipping requires export packing at factory and a month advance notice.
These are a popular and economical battery for home power systems. This mass produced consumer battery has the best price per amp-hour of any quality battery. Each battery is 6 volts, made of three 2-volt cells in one unit. Six-volt batteries are series connected in pairs for 12 volts, or in strings of four batteries for 24 volts, or 8 to make 48 volts. Then several of these series strings may be parallel connected to add more ampere-hour capacity.