Comment by shiftpgdn

In my city we have these big clothing donation bins in the corner of the parking lot at most major strip malls: Example: https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/82019/2013/06/raw/d5b3360843...

With scrap batteries being worth 5-50 cents per pound it would be worth just sticking a handful of these, but labeled as "used battery drop off point" in high visibility areas. It won't stop people from maliciously throwing away batteries but would remove the lazy factor.