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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| WM Think Green From Home | 172 98th Ave | Oakland | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | Online service. Programs for residents and businesses. | |
| West County HHW Collection Facility | 101 Pittsburg Ave. | Richmond | Recycle | Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| West Contra Costa Battery Recycling Program (WCCIWMA) | San Pablo | Recycle | Free Drop-off | |||
| Walgreens | 1899 Fillmore St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 3201 Divisadero St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 33 Drumm St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 1979 Mission St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 459 Powell St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 4645 Mission St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 3398 Mission St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 199 Parnassus Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 200 West Portal Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 498 Castro St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 3400 Cesar Chavez St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 2050 Irving St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 499 Haight St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 3601 California St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 2120 Polk St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 500 Geary St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
| Walgreens | 3801 3rd St. Suite 550 | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off |
Curbside Service
| Special Action | Note | ||
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| 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. ### |
