Household Hazardous Waste
This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.
Non-automotive lead acid batteries are commonly used as backup batteries to power large toys and portable consumer devices.
This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.
Contact commercial hazardous waste companies for very large industrial batteries.
Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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Safety Kleen (San Jose) | 1147 N 10th Street | San Jose | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
Revolt Recycling | 657 143rd Ave | San Leandro | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Mercuric Oxide Batteries, Button Cells Batteries, Silver Oxide Batteries, Zinc Carbon Batteries, Mercury Containing Batteries, Alkaline Mercury Containing Batteries | |
Retriev Technologies | 265 Quary Rd SE | Lancaster | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | Commercial quantity | |
Redwood Materials | 2801 Lockheed Way | Carson City | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Business Program. Lithium-ion batteries only, all sizes. | |
Quick Light Recycling | 170 South Spruce Ave | South San Francisco | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
Pleasanton Transfer Station | 3110 Busch Rd. | Pleasanton | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Free for residents | |
Lithion | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | Large lithium-ion battery recyclers. | |||
KBI (Kinsbursky Brothers Intl) | 125 E Commercial St | Anaheim | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
Delta Scrap & Salvage | 1371 Main St. | Oakley | Recycle | Buyback Drop-off | ||
Clean Earth (AERC) (Hayward) | 30677 Huntwood Ave | Hayward | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | alkaline, ATON, carbon zinc, lead acid, lithium metal | Alloy, lithium Ion | Poly, magnesium, nickel cadmium, nickel iron, nickel metal hydride, mercury, silver oxide | |
Cirba Solutions (Mark Steadman) | Recycle | Mail-in for a Fee | Large battery recycler for lithium ion, primary lithium, alkaline and zinc carbon, NiCad and NiMH, and lead acid. | |||
Battery Systems | 10 Loomis St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
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. Large batteries including: absolyte batteries, energy storage, telecom battery, steel cased, UPS, lead acid, forklift, storage or backup batteries used in industrial or outdoors, APC, glass jar, car battery (SLI) | |||
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Oakland Facility) | 2100 East 7th Street | Oakland | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Livermore Facility) | 5584 La Ribera Street | Livermore | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Hayward Facility) | 2091 West Winton Avenue | Hayward | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Fremont Facility) |
41149 Boyce Rd. (At the Fremont Transfer Station - follow the trucks) |
Fremont | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
Alameda County Business Hazardous Waste Program (Oakland Facility) | 2100 East 7th Street | Oakland | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Lithium & Lion batteries & batteries greater than 9 volts must have terminals insulated | |
Alameda County Business Hazardous Waste Program (Livermore Facility) | 5584 La Ribera Street | Livermore | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Lithium & Lion batteries & batteries greater than 9 volts must have terminals insulated (taped). The cut off for accepting Lithium ion batteries such as these is 60 Watt Hour per cell 300 Watt hours per battery and a maximum of 11 pounds per battery. |
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