AA Waste is based in Woking, Surrey, Chard, Somerset and Southampton, Hampshire. From these bases we provide a UK nationwide service for the packing, collection, recycling and disposal of thousands of chemical, hazardous, non-hazardous and special waste streams every year for companies and authorities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
AA Waste deal with many different waste streams, one of them being battery disposal which has become a major issue in the UK. There are a number of different types of battery or cells, which come in an endless range of shapes and sizes. Listed below is a summary for the recycling of nickel metal hydride (Nimh) batteries.
Nickel metal hydride (Nimh) batteries are normally 1.2 volts per cell. Nickel metal hydride batteries are a new generation that can replace NiCad and be of a higher energy, density and have a longer life. Nickel metal hydride batteries do not exhibit a memory effect and are usually charged with a constant current source. The nickel metal hydride battery does not contain the most dangerous of metals therefore it is more environmentally friendly than the NiCad battery. The only downfall with this type of battery compared to the NiCad is that it cannot be charged as many times as the NiCad battery. Nickel metal hydride (Nimh) batteries are a recyclable battery. AA Waste will collect your spent nickel metal hydride (Nimh) batteries and take them to a fully licensed recycler where the recycling process begins. The recycling of nickel metal hydride (Nimh) batteries makes our recycling service successful from both environmental and cost perspectives.
For information about the many other battery types you can either go back to our "Our Services" page or you can use the links on this page. AA Waste hope that this information has been useful to you. If we can be of any further assistance you can email us from our "Contact Us" page. If you would like a free no obligation quotation you can submit your list from our "Get a Quotation" page and we will deal with your request.
