Probably very few people. You're not supposed to put any batteries in the rubbish (nor the inorganic collections, where available), but people do, especailly the AA, AAA, etc. size ones.
It can depend on where you are. Our local recycling centre has a drop off point for them. Best to check out your local centre website or give them a call.
Be careful keeping old batteries around, especially Li polymer ones. They catch fire easily, in fact Bear Grylls used one to start a fire to cook the gumboot full of pi$$ he was about to drink.
Alkaline ones can go into general waste, and for the rest, google "hazmobile" (no longer operating) and go from there.
Cheers Jon
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i think they encase them in concrete then put them in landfill but there doesnt appear to be any collection points around for normal aas aaas cs andds no problem with lead acid batts.
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