How to Recycle Your Batteries
Though batteries are a fantastic invention, a downside comes when it's time to dispose of them. Throwing them away in your usual garbage ends up with batteries in landfills where they will decompose and release toxic materials into the environment. This leaves you with deciding to fill up your junk drawer with batteries, or finding a way to recycle your batteries.
Options for Battery Recycling
Sadly, there aren't too many options available for battery recycling. Especially for your everyday household alkaline batteries.
Recycling Centers/Collection Points
The first option you can check is to call your local recycling center, and see if they accept alkaline, or any other type of battery that you plan on recycling. This would be the easiest option for the majority of individuals. If your local recycling center doesn't accept the batteries you wish to recycle, you can always look online for battery collection points located in nearby stores. A majority of recycling centers don't generally accept batteries in general, as it tends to cost them too much, and most battery collection points won't accept your traditional household alkaline batteries.
Pros
Pros
- Easy
- Typically Free
- Not always available
Battery Recycling Kits
The second option is a battery recycling kit. Battery recycling kits are a container you can order from recycling companies that will be shipped to you, and that you can fill up with used batteries as you go through them. Once full, you ship the container back to recycling company where they will recycle the batteries. The only major downside is that they cost money, with some options being very expensive.
Pros
Pros
- Super Easy
- Convenient
- Always available
- Costs money
Our Recommendation
We recommend first and foremost to save you money, and to support your local community, that you recycle with your local recycling center if they take batteries. Otherwise, we recommend that you recycle through us.
GoRecycle is a battery recycling company that focuses on recycling your household batteries using battery recycling kits that are shipped directly to you with pre-paid shipping. We strive to maintain the lowest price we can achieve to give everyone an affordable option to recycle their batteries. Our battery recycling kits also have a special permit from the Department of Transportation that will allow you to not only recycle your basic alkaline batteries, but lithium ions, NiCd, and NiMH batteries! Whether you need a small recycling kit for your household, or a large recycling box for your company, we can help you recycle your old batteries.
GoRecycle is a battery recycling company that focuses on recycling your household batteries using battery recycling kits that are shipped directly to you with pre-paid shipping. We strive to maintain the lowest price we can achieve to give everyone an affordable option to recycle their batteries. Our battery recycling kits also have a special permit from the Department of Transportation that will allow you to not only recycle your basic alkaline batteries, but lithium ions, NiCd, and NiMH batteries! Whether you need a small recycling kit for your household, or a large recycling box for your company, we can help you recycle your old batteries.