How to safely dispose of your old e-bike battery

When it’s time for a new battery on your e-bike, then the old one needs to be properly disposed of – and not with your household waste. Photo: dpa/www.flyer-bikes.com/pd-f

Your e-bike needs a new battery? Then you’ll soon be throwing out an old one, and the important thing to know here is that you can’t dispose of it in your general household waste.

That’s because old batteries can self-ignite, cause a serious fire, or leak and pollute the environment if they end up in a bin truck or the wrong kind of waste.