Batteries - Household - Single-Use
Primary/Single-Use batteries cannot be recharged and must be disposed of once they wear out. Alkaline, lithium, silver oxide, zinc-air, zinc-carbon, and zinc-chloride are all types of primary batteries.
Household Hazardous Waste
This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.
Find more information on our Battery Fact Sheet.
Vendors
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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| Lighting Resources Recyclers (EZ on the Earth) | 400 N Forsythe St | Franklin | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | ||
| KBI (Kinsbursky Brothers Intl) | 125 E Commercial St | Anaheim | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial quantity | |
| J & J Hardware | 929 Geneva Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts. | |
| Island Cove Market (4th Street) |
150 4th Street Suite 1 |
San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Ira Jinkins Recreation Center | 9175 Edes Ave | Oakland | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot (Union City) | 30055 Industrial Pkwy. | Union City | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot (San Leandro) | 1933 Davis St. | San Leandro | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot (Pleasanton) | 6000 Johnson Ave. | Pleasanton | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot (Oakland) | 4000 Alameda Ave. | Oakland | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot (Newark) | 5401 Thornton Ave. | Newark | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot (Hayward) | 21787 Hesperian Blvd. | Hayward | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot (Fremont) | 43900 Ice House Ter. | Fremont | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot (Emeryville) | 3838 Hollis St. | Emeryville | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot | 1781 E. Bayshore Rd | East Palo Alto | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Accepts rechargeable batteries only. Mustbe powertool batteries.Alkaline batteries are not accepted in this program. | |
| Home Depot | 5631 Lone Tree Way | Brentwood | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot | 2090 Meridian Park Blvd. | Concord | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot | 11939 San Pablo Ave. | El Cerrito | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot | 1625 Sycamore Ave. | Hercules | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Home Depot | 2300 N. Park Blvd. | Pittsburg | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Handy Handyman Ace Hardware | 2075 Market St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts. |
Curbside Service
| Special Action | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda |
Residents may drop off household batteries (A, AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt) at the ACI Alameda office or package in a sealed, clear plastic bag and place on top of the recyclable materials cart. (No car batteries allowed.) ### |
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| Albany |
Put batteries in a clear plastic bag, seal it shut and place on the top of the recyclables cart. ### |
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| Berkeley | |||
| Castro Valley Sanitary District |
Single-family and multi-family residents with blue recycling cart service may participate in CVSan’s curbside battery recycling program by placing used dry cell batteries (household batteries such as AAA, AA, B, C, D, 9V, and small “button” batteries) in a sealed clear plastic bag on top of your blue recycling cart on your service day. No automotive, lithium-ion or liquid batteries are accepted. Please tape terminals on 9-volt batteries. ### |
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| Dublin |
Single Family Residents. Place used batteries on top of your recycle cart in a clear plastic bag. ### |
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| Emeryville |
Emeryville accepts this item for curbside pickup, but don't put them in your carts or bins. Cart customers: place in sealed, zip bag taped to lid of recycling cart. Emeryville bin customers call to order mail-back collection container: 510-613-8710. ### |
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| Fremont | |||
| Hayward |
Single Family Service - Household batteries can be put into a sealed clear bag & placed next to the Recycling cart on collection day. Please tape over lithium battery contacts. ### |
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| Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) |
Single Family Service - Place in zip loc bag on top of recycling cart ### |
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| Livermore |
Single Family Service - Household batteries can be put into a sealed clear bag & placed on top of the Recycling cart on collection day. Please tape over lithium battery contacts. ### |
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| Newark |
Single Family Service - Place in zip loc bag on top of recycling cart ### |
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| Oakland |
Residents. Put household dry-cell batteries in a clear, sealed bag on top of recycling cart by 6am on your regular recycling pickup date. Always tape ends of batteries to avoid contact. Bag button-cell and NiCd batteries in a bag separate from alkaline batteries. Do not include rechargeable batteries. ### |
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| Piedmont |
Place in Ziploc bag on top of the recycling cart. Also accepted at the Piedmont Fire Station for recycling. ### |
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| Pleasanton |
Single Family Service - Place in zip loc bag on top of recycling cart ### |
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| San Leandro |
Bag batteries in clear bag and put on top of Recycling cart. ### |
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| San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) |
Single Family Service - Place in zip loc bag on top of recycling cart ### |
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| San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) |
Single Family Service - Place in zip loc bag on top of recycling cart ### |
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| Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) |
Single Family Service - Place in zip loc bag on top of recycling cart ### |
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| Union City |
Single Family & Parcelized Multifamily Dwellings: Put in clear, sealed bag next to recycling cart. ### |
