Can you recycle drones & rc toys?
🏭 Recycling centre
WEEE with LiPo batteries — remove packs to a battery point, body to electricals recycling.
LiPo flight batteries are the most fire-prone consumer batteries. Remove packs and take them to a battery collection point (tape terminals); the airframe and controller go to small-electricals recycling.
Tips
- Puffy/swollen LiPo packs: store in sand and take to the recycling centre promptly — tell staff
Which bin does it go in?
WEEE with LiPo batteries — remove packs to a battery point, body to electricals recycling.
🏭 Find the nearest suitable location
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