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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
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 Recyclers of America Recycle Mail-in for a Fee Business services. EV battery large packs, modules, or cells.
KBI (Kinsbursky Brothers Intl) 125 E Commercial St Anaheim Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity
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.
Sports Basement (Berkeley) 2727 Milvia St. Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off e Bike battery Call2Reycle drop-off location. https://www.call2recycle.org/e-bikes/
Princeton NuEnergy Corporate office
1200 Florence Columbus Rd
Bordentown Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee LPASĀ® 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 Dealerships to host collection bins open to the public.
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.
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.
Clean Earth (AERC) (Hayward) 30677 Huntwood Ave Hayward Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Some large lithium batteries.
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).
Interco 10 Fox Industrial Drive Madison Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
Battery Solutions 618 E Auto Center Dr
STE 111
Mesa Recycle Mail-in for a Fee Commercial quantity. Call first.
Sports Basement (Redwood City) 202 Walnut St Redwood City Recycle Free Drop-off e Bike battery Call2Reycle drop-off location. https://www.call2recycle.org/e-bikes/
Action Metal Recycling 385 Pittsburg Ave. Richmond Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Sports Basement (San Ramon) 1041 Market Place San Ramon 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/
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/
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.

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