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. What’s more, it makes sense from an environmental perspective to make sure your old battery (and even your whole bike) is recycled, since substances such as nickel, copper and cobalt can be recovered from old batteries, in addition to steel and aluminium. In…