Least-bad DIY disposal method for Li-ion laptop battery?

5 points by ycommentator 2y ago ↗ HN

I have an old laptop battery I need to dispose of, but I'm currently in a developing country and it seems there is no responsible / official way to do so.

What's the least-bad DIY method I can use?

I asked in local computer stores about the old battery. None of them could help, none had any suggestions, one said they just put their batteries in the trash.

In case it matters: The battery model number is 6GTPY, 97Wh, from a Dell XPS-15 9560, with about 50% of its new capacity, 6 cells, all swollen, some badly, and I forgot to discharge it before removing it.

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peddling-brink 2y ago ↗

Edited because I didn’t read. I don’t have a good solution, so here’s a bad one in hopes that someone will correct me.

You may consider deliberately causing a thermal runaway in a safe area with concrete then dumping sand on it. This would at least remove the explosive danger when you eventually dump it in the trash.

giantg2 2y ago ↗

With demand for the metal, I'm surprised scrapyards don't want it. The scrapyards in my country take many battery types.