Batteries - Household - Rechargeable (up to 5 lbs)
Rechargeable batteries are small electro-chemical cells designed to be recharged by the consumer and used to power many types and sizes of devices.
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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| Safety Kleen Systems (Sacramento) | 6000 88th Street | Sacramento | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Fremont Facility) |
41149 Boyce Rd. (At the Fremont Transfer Station - follow the trucks) |
Fremont | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Note: Swollen Li-ion batteries accepted. If it’s leaking, contact hhw@acgov.org. | |
| Walgreens | 965 Geneva Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please tape over lithium battery contacts. | |
| Walgreens | 3801 3rd St. Suite 550 | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please tape over lithium battery contacts. | |
| Walgreens | 2141 Chestnut St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please tape over lithium battery contacts. | |
| Great Wall Hardware | 1821 Taraval St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please tape over lithium battery contacts. | |
| Walgreens | 1301 Franklin St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please tape over lithium battery contacts. | |
| Batteries USA | 1 Industrial St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Modern Waste Solutions |
4391 Pell Dr #G |
Sacramento | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Target (Richmond) | 4500 Macdonald Ave. | Richmond | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Pleasanton Transfer Station | 3110 Busch Rd. | Pleasanton | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Free for residents | |
| Kensington Home & Hardware | 303 Arlington Ave. | Kensington | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Oakland Public Library (Dimond Branch) | 3565 Fruitvale Ave | Oakland | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Tape battery terminals. | |
| Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Dublin) | 4820 Dublin Blvd. | Dublin | Recycle | Free Drop-off | rechargeable batteries, battery backups (UPS), batteries for cellphones, laptops, and button batteries | |
| Island Cove Market (4th Street) |
150 4th Street Suite 1 |
San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please tape over lithium battery contacts. | |
| Freon Free | 1881 Walters Ct Suite A | Fairfield | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| GreenDisk |
580 8th Ave NE #104 |
Issaquah | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | ||
| Bay Area Electronics Recycling Center (Union City) | 33548 Central Ave | Union City | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 456 Mission St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please tape over lithium battery contacts. | |
| Walgreens | 2145 Market St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please tape over lithium battery contacts. |
Curbside Service
| Special Action | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda |
Residents may drop off rechargeable 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 | |||
| 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. ### |
