I was cleaning our a drawer and found an old cell phone with a swelling battery. I know i can’t/shouldn’t throw it away but because it is swollen recycling seems to be off the table as well. I found a place that would take it but they wanted $150 for the packaging to make it safe to mail.
I’m in north-west Louisiana. How do I get rid of it.
If you have multi meter and the voltage is at zero then it should be safe to recycle normally. If it’s charged and swollen then it’s a fire risk. Keep the battery in the phone and in a metal container until you know there is no energy left in the battery. A dead battery even swollen shouldn’t be a fire risk.