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That's 40 cents worth of scrap aluminum. I'm not seeing a plausible argument for labor rates making it landfill.

• ars 14y ago
  It's far too dangerous to put either heat or a chisel anywhere near a Lithium ion battery. So, yes, it's completely unrecyclable.
  • jws 14y ago
    Depending on the chemistry lithium ion batteries are safe to up to 400°F or more. Surely the manufacturing engineers pick a thermo adhesive with a melting point between the maximum operating temperature and the maximum safe storage temperature. Think about the iPad 2 screen glue. Glass glued in place, but a hair dryer is more than enough heat to release the glue.
    • ars 14y ago
      "Depending on the chemistry" is not a valid answer when recycling something - they don't have time to lookup the specs of each battery. http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/lithium_ion_safety_concerns http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/lithium_ion_safet... says maximum temperature of 265°F, which is very very close to the temperature needed to melt the glue (250°F, for low temperature glues, and 380F for high temperature glue - which is very close to even your 400° number.)