1. What To Do If My Car Battery Is Dead?

2. So your car won't start this morning but it was fine when it was parked up last night? The obvious starting point would be to check the battery, firstly put the key in the ignition and turn the key.

3. If we have no lights or only faint lights on the dashboard we know the car is not getting enough power so the battery in one way or another is at fault and will probably need replacing.

4. Most batteries are held in by two 10mm bolts one on the positive terminal and the other on the negative, these will need to be done in order to change the battery.

5. So now you have a new battery what can you do with your old one
So now you have a new battery what can you do with your old one? you can let the person who has changed it take it away or drop it off at your local waste/recycling Centre. If you opt to weigh the battery in at a scrap yard you will receive some money for it.

6. The scrap yard will sell the batteries to a bigger recycling firm with access to a hammer mill, the battery will then be crushed,
with the old battery acid distilled and neutralized and released into the sewers or made into sodium sulfate white is a white powder often used in laundry powder.

7. The plastic casing is made into plastic pellets and then resold to other businesses, the lead will be smelted down and then sold back to battery companies and the whole process starts again.