NOVELTY - The container has an outer housing (3) with an open top (6) providing a hollow internal storage chamber (7), where the housing has side walls (5) and closure flaps (9). A plastic liner (17) is located within the chamber. A set of dividers (19, 21, 23) are arranged in a vertical stacked relationship within the chamber and the liner. Each divider provides a set of individual storage compartments (27, 29, 31) with open tops for placement of a solid item e.g. battery, in the compartments. A set of individual planar partitions (25) are located between adjacent pairs of the dividers.    USE - Used for storing and shipping of hazardous solid items such as dry cell battery e.g. alkaline battery, nickel-cadmium battery and lithium battery, utilized in an electrical appliance and electrical apparatus, in a shipping container and land fill, retail outlet, and by a battery manufacturer.    ADVANTAGE - The container safely stores and ships various sized batteries, each in its own compartment and prevents the terminals of the batteries from contacting each other. The plastic liner protects the stored batteries against exterior moisture and provides containment to the battery acid leakage. The container enables the compartment defining dividers to be mixed and matched when placed within the outer housing and the plastic liner to accommodate various sizes of batteries, which when assembled in a vertical stacked relationship fills the interior of the outer housing to ensure that the tiers remained in a secure, vertical stacked relationship.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a combination of batteries and a container for the storage and shipment of a set of batteries    (2) a method for the storage and shipment of a set of batteries in a shipping container.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a diagrammatic exploded perspective view of a shipping container.    Outer housing (3)    Side walls (5)    Open top (6)    Hollow internal storage chamber (7)    Closure flaps (9)    Outer edges (9A)    Plastic liner (17)    Dividers (19, 21, 23)    Individual planar partitions (25)    Individual storage compartments (27, 29, 31)