Recycling batteries, is there a right way and wrong way to do it?

In speaking with most folks, people don't really give it much thought about what to do with their batteries once they no longer work. From the AAs to the re-chargeable kind, the everyday transistor, now there's a word, kind of batteries. I mean, where do they go when they "die"? Do we bury them in the ground as we do most everything else that dies? And if we do, how does that affect our environment? A little battery here and there certainly won't be a big deal, right? Well, that is the way most Americans think, it's not a big deal, who is to know? What will it hurt?

I'm posting some info about what to do with our dead batteries. Yes, it takes effort to make the extra trip to the recycle them, but it makes a big difference and every little bit counts.

Since I live in So Cal aka Southern California, here is a link for how to recycle batteries in our Golden State.

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/ReduceWaste/Batteries/

This site provides battery recycling kit information that will really help out to store those dead batteries then ship them on their way to be recycled.

http://www.batteryrecycling.com/