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If it is rechargable, there should be instructions on it, but I believe you can recycle it. For single use batteries, they need to be put into a safe location as they can actually explode sometimes, and acid leaks can also occur.
Normally, you can use put something like electrical tape or a nonconductive material on top of both of the battery nodes and you can just toss it into a trash can.
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