Hi all
I have a couple of used car batteries to dispose of. I am located in far Eastern Melbourne. Which recyclers or scrap metal merchants pay the highest prices for used car batteries?
Thanks Peter
Best Prices for Used Car Batteries?
ffhound on 12/01/2022 - 13:37
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Which ones have you called so far so we don't double up?
Just Recycal in Bayswater North - they quoted about $3 a battery. I figure though that there must be better deals out there. This is ozbargain after all.
I think the hassle of dealing with the acid far out weighs the value of the lead in these. Could be wrong.
Then you would be wrong. We often have people come to our workshop offering to buy our used/dead batteries. And we sell them as they are, acid and all.
In bulk, it's prob worth it. But one or two seems like a lot of effort. What's the going rate for a dead battery?
Edit - seems like my question has been answered below. Cheers
People pay other people for dead batteries?!
Yes
Yep. We go through batteries like candy at work. We often store them up in a special cage behind the workshop and a guy comes past once a month, weighs them and gives us cash for them.
They take all batteries as well. Car, truck, motorcycle, NiCd, LiFe, LiPo, LiIo. If it was a battery, there is people willing to buy them.
How much per kg? Just wondering if it's worth the fuel
Last car battery I sold to a recycler was back in Oct, received $2/kg
Last car battery I sold to a recycler was back in Oct, received $2/kg
$24 for a dead battery? I don't think so.
It's been a fairly consistent 50c +-5c/kg for a couple of years. My most recent cash-in just before xmas was 48c/kg
@brad1-8tsi: I'd scan and show you the receipt if I still had it but IDC if you believe me or not, I've never got as low as 50c/kg though. Maybe you just need to find a better recycler.
@apsilon: The prices I get are competitive. I've used a few yards and other scrappers get similar or worse money.
eWaste Ben in MEL and I (Bondi Scrapper) SYD both put our receipts up on our YT channels when we go to the scrap yard and they are similar money.
The current scrap price for soft lead is $1.85 - $2.00; the commercial price for refined lead is AUD3.15/kg. If you are getting $2/kilo for batteries they must be doing something beyond lead recovery.
@brad1-8tsi: Don't know what to tell you then. I don't do many batteries, only what I go through personally. Most of what I take to them is scrap cabling I've pulled out and offcuts.
I would have to check with him again, as the price goes up and down more than Bitcoin. Anywhere from about $0.20 to about $3.00 per kilo. Typically, we get about $3 to $5 per battery. (have gotten up to $20+ at peak times)
It's worthwhile for us because have anywhere from 20 to 50 batteries every time he comes around (4 to 6 weeks). Saves us from taking them to a recycler or the local tip and them charging us for pleasure of delivering to them.
I doubt that a recycler would come out and pick up one or two batteries though. You may have to take it to them. Even if the batteries only get you back what you paid in fuel to get them there, at least you get that warm, fuzzy "I'm doing my part for the environment" feeling.
I doubt that a recycler would come out and pick up one or two batteries though.
My council offers a service that does this. They don't pay you anything, but I only have to put the battery near the footpath so that's fair enough I reckon.
@abb: Most waste disposal places you can drop them off for free as well but if you've got a recycler nearby you may as well get something for it.
They are worth ~50c/kg ($6-$10/battery).
Mahari are probably the best price in Mel.
If they still hold charge why not sell them? I don't like to pay $100+ for a battery so I'll go to any wrecker and get one for $50 which they will show me it holds charge there and then
I recently got rid of 2 old car batteries from my shed. I dropped them off at Repco for recycling because I was driving past going somewhere else. I didn't get any money because I didn't know I could get money for them.That being said, probably not worth the hassle for me to find a local recycler and try to maximise the "value" though. I don't know about other states, but in Brisbane at least, most Repcos and SCAs takes them in for recycling, same with used car oil.
They are all happy to take your old batteries for nothing because they are worth a bit. Especially when they have many.
Repco doesn't take used car oil.
Supercheap does, but only if stored inside the original motor oil container, which is no good if you did not use it all and you have some left for top ups.
I had a perfectly good 5L coolant bottle (heavy plastic) full of used oil and they would not take it because it was not an approved container…How do you drop off used car oil? Do you have to see a storeperson or can you just nicely dump the bottle at the front and walk off? Does the bottle have to be clean or can it be oily. Serious question lol
Only Supercheap takes it. You have to go inside and give them the bottle. I suppose it has to be reasonably clean, you would not hand over a bottle dripping dirty black old oil…
Mine was clean, but it wasn't a motor oil bottle. A good clean coolant bottle, but they did not take it.
I will probably end up painting the back fence with it. Oil is good for a timber fence. Protects it from moisture and from white ants.@Mad Max: It's not all Supercheap Auto stores so you either need to check the website or call the store and ask. IIRC it's also limited to 10 litres. They used to have bins out the front for it but of course people were dumping all sorts of junk so now have to go in and hand it over the counter. Many local waste disposal places will also take oil free.
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