Recycling Ni-cad Battery pack

[SeagullOne]

Not absolutely sure if this is the right section to post this, but here it goes.

I have this old ni-cad battery pack from an RC tank that I want to get rid of via recycling it. It's a 9.6V battery pack with shrink wrap and leads.

Before I take it to the recycling center (along with the hulking load of alkaline and old SLA batteries I'm planning to recycle), should I take off the heat-shrink wrap and leads first? I'm thinking that what I ought to do...

[SmAsH]

its not mandatory but it helps them...
id say take off the shrink wrap and leads.

[SeagullOne]

Thanks Smash. That's what I'll do. 

[Soeren]

Hi,

Better leave it on, that way they'll know what goes where!