Should I Take the Old Battery After Replacing the E-Bike Battery?

[VanessaDella]

You can take it back, but the old battery has little value and can be disposed of as scrap. Old Battery: Used batteries and waste batteries are generally transported to specialized toxic and hazardous waste landfills. However, this approach is not only costly but also wasteful, as they still contain many useful materials that can be used as raw materials. After crushing the old batteries, they are sent to a furnace for heating. At this point, the volatile mercury can be extracted, and at higher temperatures, zinc also evaporates, which is likewise a precious metal. Iron and manganese fuse to form ferromanganese alloy, which is needed for steelmaking. Precautions: The nominal voltage of the new battery must match that of the original battery. For example, if the original battery voltage is 12V, the replacement battery must also be 12V—neither higher nor lower. Otherwise, the vehicle may not function properly, or even damage related components. A battery with higher capacity will also be larger in size, potentially making it impossible to fit in the original battery compartment. One solution is to purchase another battery identical to the original and connect the two in parallel, placing the new battery in a different location.