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Comment by doctorhandshake | Hacker News Reader

I have a recalled Anker battery sitting on my stoop, lest it burn my house down. Who on earth (NE USA ideally) will accept this for safe disposal / recycling? Normal battery recycling places don’t want a recalled battery, natch. Serious question, pls help

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Contact your local hazardous waste facility or check with Anker directly at anker.com/a1263-recall as they're required to provide free disposal options for recalled products under CPSC regulations.

I wish this was a viable solution. Linked page says, effectively ‘you’re on your own’. My municipality has two events coming up - August and late October, both calendar events say ‘no electronics’. I really don’t get how this is supposed to work.

Hmm, got a PowerCore 10000 here, but Anker's UK site don't seem to have a listed as a recalled model (https://www.anker.com/uk/product-recalls)

Are models sold in some regions different/known-good?

Should probably at least discharge it to be safe(r), I guess.

I also have one (model A1263) bought on Amazon FR. Anker doesn't list it as recalled on their FR site. It lists others though https://www.anker.com/fr/rc2506

Maybe the faulty batteries were only used for some models/regions pairs ?

The RC (Radio Controlled) deal with this all the time. They often wreck huge lipo batteries so they have techniques to discharge them in safe manner. Google or search RC forums.

Ask your local firefighters if their trainees want to see what happens if such a power bank goes up and how to handle it.

Well, the first step is to discharge it and then it’s not gonna burn anybody’s house down

Discharged lithium batteries can still catch fire.

No. A discharged lithium ion battery is still flammable.

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