First off not to sound rude or condescending, but are you serious? The smallest battery imaginable has toxic chemicals. If not properly recycled will leak into the environment.
Most battery cases and contents can be reused. The components and fillers used to produce electricity can be replaced and then resold. The components that cannot be reused are melted down and used for other things.
Batteries are the most recycled item
According to the health codes and the danger of throwing batteries away, you should recycle ALL batteries. From AAA all the way to you car battery should be recycled.
They can be recycled: http://www.sheknows.com/home-and-gardening/articles/804238/what-can-you-do-with-your-old-batteries-can-they-be-recycled
They should be recycled but they arnt. You could use one of them plug in battery wall chargers.
Batteries should be recycled because they contain metals like lead, cadmium, and mercury that can be harmful to the environment if disposed of improperly. Recycling batteries helps prevent groundwater and soil contamination, reduces the need for raw materials, and conserves energy.
Don't understand what you mean by "exchangeable". Pretty much all batteries should be properly recycled. Best environmental choice is rechargeable batteries.
Because most golf cart batteries contain lead, they need to be recycled properly. Your local transfer station or recycling center should have sufficient information on how best to turn in these products.
They are not refurbished but are recycled.
They get recycled
they get thrown out no, they get recycled
No. They have to be taken apart and recycled. There are chemicals in some electronic devices. A new concern should be hybrid batteries that many cars have today. The batteries only last about 10 years and contain chemicals that make them work . In the next few years as the cars get older the batteries will need,to be recycled.
You can't "recycle" a battery but there are rechargeable batteries. Rechargeable batteries range in size anywhere from AAA to car batteries.