Battery recycling tube

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Collection tube for battery recycling. Print each one in a different colour so the battery types can be easily sorted. Includes bonus A4 label sheet to be printed on sticker paper. To assemble: 1) Print a top & bottom at 100% 2) Use the top to trace a circle onto foam and cut out 3) Cut a piece of 2mm thick plastic or pexiglass 320mm long and your desired height (I used 280mm) 4) Obtain some rivets and a rivet gun, short wide ones work better 5) Drill 4 holes down each side 10mm in from the edge, the same thickness as your rivets 6) Rivet the sides together to form a tube 7) Use hot glue to secure the tube into the base and push the foam circle to the bottom of the tube (this is so the batteries do not break the plastic) 8) Place the funnel top on top - don't glue this as you will need to remove it once the tube is full 9) Label with included sticker and place somewhere in the office