Talking Trash

Monday, July 09, 2007

Can we recycle batteries?

Can we recycle batteries that we use for our toys and other things? - E., Age 6

Thanks for your question, E.  Many grown-ups ask us about this, too.  Please put alkaline batteries from your toys and flashlights into your regular household trash. 

Button batteries, nickel-cadmium (rechargeable) batteries, uninterruptible power supplies and lead acid (car) batteries are examples of batteries which do require special disposal.  If these batteries are from a residence, we accept them in our Household Hazardous Waste collection program.  Batteries from a workplace may be accepted through our Ecowise program for small-quantity generators.

For handy reference, here's the link to our battery disposal/recycling page.

CATEGORIES: Hazardous Waste , Mailbag
POSTED AT: 9:33:00 AM |