Any value in depleted alkaline batteries?
I've about a hundred aa & aaa depleted batteries. Somewhere I heard they are salvageable. Don't remember who or where I got that info from.
just

Children's chew toys?

Not really, toss in regular trash. Recycle rechargable batteries however. I think most Home Depots have bins for them. Mine does.
Check out: https://www.call2recycle.org/locator/

Here is a battery tip you can use on your dead batteries. Use a car battery to recharge them by holding the negative on the negative post, and run a wire to the positive post on the truck battery, when the battery is warm its charged, it only takes a few seconds. It might blow up in your face if you do it too long.

Jukonjef i guess i should wear safty glasses when charging aye and can you charge them more than once?

That's ok

...I'll pass

Yes, you can. and good idea on the safety glasses.

Hmmm
Better do that remotely
just

The last time I turned in AA batteries from my game cams the guy tossed them in the trash the last time I did anything with them.

Had a man just tell me he would give me his dead batteries, no charge. HaHa
Zookeeper

wow hahaha

That link above in Tommyran's post is great! I am a pathological recycler and used to take all my battery's to the VA, but they ended the program for some reason. Now I have some places to check out. The chemicals in Battery's have value and can be reused to make new battery's.