Harvesting 18650 Lithium Cells

With a Dutchess County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day coming up, I’ve been harvesting usable lithium cells from a variety of old batteries:

Harvested 18650 3P lithium batteries
Harvested 18650 3P lithium batteries

The pile of 18650 3P blocks over on the right are some obviously corroded deaders and the lowest performers from these tests:

Harvested 3P 18650 Packs
Harvested 3P 18650 Packs

I doubt they’ll get recycled, as there’s entirely too much overhead involved in dismantling boxes full of cells like these, but I hope they’ll get a decent burial somewhere.