Batteries - Electric Vehicle & Bicycle
Lithium-ion batteries manufactured for electric vehicles are complex in design and include a range of chemistries, packs, modules, cells, and other components that make impair the ability for these to be refurbished or recycled.
Household Hazardous Waste
This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.
Electric Vehicle (EV) Battery:Contact the dealer or manufacturer for take-back collection for future end-of-life collection for processing.
Find more information on our Battery Fact Sheet.
Vendors
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Basement (Walnut Creek) | 1881 Ygnacio Valley Rd | Walnut Creek | Recycle | Free Drop-off | e Bike battery Call2Reycle drop-off location. https://www.call2recycle.org/e-bikes/ | |
| Sports Basement (Sunnyvale) | 1177 Kern Ave | Sunnyvale | Recycle | Free Drop-off | e Bike battery Call2Reycle drop-off location. https://www.call2recycle.org/e-bikes/ | |
| Clean Earth (AERC) (Hayward) | 30677 Huntwood Ave | Hayward | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Some large lithium batteries. | |
| KBI (Kinsbursky Brothers Intl) | 125 E Commercial St | Anaheim | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial quantity | |
| Lithion | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | Large lithium-ion battery recyclers from businesses. Not from individuals. | |||
| Cirba Solutions (Mark Steadman) | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | https://www.cirbasolutions.com/electric-vehicle-service/ Provides battery ID and consulting, EV packaging for transport, including safe damaged Li-Ion battery packaging and transport, and on-site services. | |||
| Battery Solutions |
618 E Auto Center Dr STE 111 |
Mesa | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | Commercial quantity. Call first. | |
| Battery Recyclers of America | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | Business services. EV battery large packs, modules, or cells. | |||
| Retriev Technologies | 265 Quary Rd SE | Lancaster | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | Commercial quantity. Provide comprehensive custom battery program for manufacturers, dealers, and consumers including consulting (eg. regulations) and logistics services (eg. storage & maintenance of new, unused batteries). | |
| Rad Power Bikes (Berkeley) | 2734 San Pablo Ave | Berkeley | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Redwood Materials drop-off site for E-Bike and E-Scooter batteries. | |
| American Battery Technology |
Commercial Pilot Plant 395 Logan Lane |
Fernley | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Contact directly. American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) champions environmental and ethical sourcing of critical battery materials through lithium-ion battery recycling, battery metal extraction technologies, and primary mineral resource development for use in the batteries that power electric cars, grid storage applications, and consumer electronics and tools. | |
| Audi Dealership (Oakland) | 7201 Oakport St | Oakland | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Redwood Materials drop-off site for E-Bike and E-Scooter batteries. | |
| Ascend Elements | 133 Flanders Rd | Westborough | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Full-service EV battery recycling with logistics management. Large battery recyclers. | |
| Interco | 10 Fox Industrial Drive | Madison | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Li-cycle Corporation | 4461 E Nunneley Rd | Gilbert | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Including damaged battery handling, reverse logistics and cross-border transport, secure destruction of materials containing IP-sensitive design information, such as R&D batteries and battery materials. Forward logistics and spare battery storage; packaging and regulatory support; comprehensive battery replacement campaigns; customized customer programs. Large battery recyclers. | |
| Princeton NuEnergy |
Corporate office 1200 Florence Columbus Rd |
Bordentown | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | LPAS® direct recycling process can recover up to 95% of all constituent materials found in all chemistries and formats of lithium-ion batteries (LCO, NCA, NCM, LFP). Our technology enables the production of high quality battery materials at low-cost without using any acids. | |
| Redwood Materials | 2801 Lockheed Way | Carson City | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial quantity. Partnering with Audi & Volkswagen Dealerships to host collection bins open to the public. | |
| Call2Recycle Battery Drop-off Location Finder |
1000 Parkwood Circle Suite 200 |
Atlanta | Recycle | Free Drop-off | E-bike battery drop-off locations on map/finder. | |
| Action Metal Recycling | 385 Pittsburg Ave. | Richmond | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Sports Basement (Berkeley) | 2727 Milvia St. | Berkeley | Recycle | Free Drop-off | e Bike battery Call2Reycle drop-off location. https://www.call2recycle.org/e-bikes/ |
