If you were ever curious about how batteries work and how to safely dispose of them; here's a couple of links that can help you out:
Recycling Batteries:
If you wanted to know about battery waste in the UK and how to recycle, here is a good place to start:
Wasteonline.org
How Batteries Work and How they are Made:
You can't find a better place to find out How stuff Works than "Howstuffworks.com". We'll save you some searching and send you directly to the relevant page: How Stuff Works
Energizer has an excellent little flash movie showing you graphically how batteries are made. It is pretty good too, you will find it here: Energizer: Learning Center
The BBC's open2.net has some good information as well. Here's a link to the battery page:
HOW DO BATTERIES WORK?
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