6. When shipping batteries, is there a special shipping name or classification
that needs to be used?
Most household batteries do not require any special shipping name or classification by US Department of Transportation regulations.

NOTE: Lithium primary batteries and lithium Ion batteries are the exception to this statement. Please go to question #8 for specific information about shipping regulations that apply to these batteries.

For information on the US Department of Transportation (DOT) article exemption for household batteries see additional Information" below. For information on other transportation, shipping, and regulatory issues, please visit NEMA’s web site, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the European Union’s EUR-LEX, or contact the appropriate government agency.

Please remember, batteries store energy. Even when you may consider the battery "dead", some small amount of energy may be available. Whenever shipping or carrying batteries, you must insulate them from each other and from shorting situations. Particular attention should be paid when packing batteries and battery containing devices in checked baggage during air travel. Luggage handling or loose connections could cause the battery to dislodge or short.

• Articles are recognized by the Occupational Safety and health Administration, section 1910.1200 as ""manufactured items which are formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture, which have end use functions depending in whole or in part upon their shape for design during end use, and which do not release, or otherwise result in exposure to, hazardous chemicals under normal conditions of use."

• Flashlights, bulbs, charging stations, and all household batteries (Alkaline, Zinc Chloride (Heavy Duty & General Purpose), Rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), Rechargeable Alkaline, Zinc Air, Silver, Lithium Ion) are considered Articles, and as such are exempted from the requirement that their use be accompanied by a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).