Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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are you meant to dispose of these at refuse sites?
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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I believe so. There's a separate area for batteries at our local tip.
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tom_simes
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Undy, Newport Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS estate
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Halfords will take it if you drop it off to them.
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AK
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Location: Aberdeen City
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yup...
All council dumps have battery and engine oil disposal facilities.
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Steve
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ta
halfords is closer, will they accept even if im not buying a battery off them?
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sand-eel
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Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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Pour the acid out, take the lead out, sell the lead.
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tom_simes
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Yea, they should do Steve - might be worth give them a call just to make sure.
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CORSA NUT
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quote: Originally posted by sand-eel
Pour the acid out, take the lead out, sell the lead.
And they wonder why these guys actually take them in free of charge major money to be made in recycling (sp)
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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How much would a single battery make then, out of interest?
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SnK
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Location: Yeadon, West Yorkshire
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I'd say no more than £5.
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AK
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Location: Aberdeen City
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not enough to bother 'disposing' of the acid safely - for a single person/battery
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Get £6 a battery at our local scrappy.
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Steve
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i didnt know you could sell them
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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lead is worth fuck all anyway, I wouldnt say there is any more than a £5ers worth in the full weight of a battery
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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£6 is nearly half the cost of a lower arm.
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Genuine ford part or pattern part?
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Nath
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quote: Originally posted by Jakey
Genuine ford part or pattern part?
Ah yes, good point.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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one on there is ford, new one isnt
100 quid for a ford one, fuck that
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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have you powder coated it blue?
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by mwg]
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Steve
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no m8, you powder coated your lips blue?
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Ojc
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hi
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Steve
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i dont mean to cause you offence but you have a lovely bone structure, you are a gorgeous example of a bipedial man
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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We got a few quid each off the scrap man.
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Steve
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when you say scrap man, where do you go to find these scrap men? do they hang around at the refuse sites? lol
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daymoon
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some one i know picks up old batteries from gold clubs and uni's.. £200 +- £50 a tonne dependig on price of lead.. Some fukers weigh over 30 kg...
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