Battery Recycling in Japan

As I blogged about in the past recycling is not optional in Japan. I take out more plastic recycling each week than any other type of rubbish. When some batteries died I was shocked to be informed by the consultant company that in Japan batteries belong in the Non-Burnable trash. In Michigan I felt like there was not excuse not to recycle batteries so it shocks me that in a country where I can recycle virtually all plastic I cant recycle a battery.