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Batteries - Household - Single-Use

This item is hazardous and requires proper disposal.

Find more information on our Battery Fact Sheet.

 

Clyde accepts this item, but don't put it in your bins.

Household batteries can be recycled curbside. Place only single-use AA, AAA, C, D and 9V batteries in a clear, sealed, quart-size Ziploc plastic bag and placed next to your recycling cart.

Concord accepts this item, but don't put it in your bins.

Customers must call 925-682-9113 to arrange for a battery pick-up. Please place batteries in a plastic bag or closed container with a label that says, “Batteries” and place it next to your brown garbage cart. Only household batteries. Please, no automobile batteries.

    • Recycle
    Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Dublin)
    4820 Dublin Blvd., Dublin • (925) 829-7041
    rechargeable batteries, battery backups (UPS), batteries for cellphones, laptops, and button batteries
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Alcatraz Cruises (Pier 33)
    Pier 33, Alcatraz Landing, San Francisco • (415) 438-8342
    The battery recycling tube is located within Alcatraz Landing Cafe near the local attractions brochures.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    88 Spear St., San Francisco • (415) 856-0733
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    33 Drumm St., San Francisco • (415) 989-6116
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Home Depot (Hayward)
    21787 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward • (510) 887-8544
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Photo Waste Recycling Co.
    2980 Kerner Boulevard, San Rafael • (415) 459-8807
    Pick-up for a Fee
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    275 Sacramento St., San Francisco • (415) 362-5227
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Financial District Ace Hardware
    140 Pine St., San Francisco • (415) 362-7744
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    456 Mission St., San Francisco • (415) 348-9600
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Cole Hardware, Vallejo St.
    627 Vallejo St, San Francisco • (415) 200-2215
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1344 Stockton St., San Francisco • (415) 981-6274
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    300 Montgomery St., San Francisco • (415) 788-2984
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Charity Cultural Services Center
    731 Commercial St., San Francisco • (415) 989-8224
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1175 Columbus Ave., San Francisco • (415) 345-1079
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Pleasanton Transfer Station
    3110 Busch Rd., Pleasanton • (925) 846-2042
    Free for residents
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    141 Kearny St., San Francisco • (415) 834-0356
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    730 Market St., San Francisco • (415) 397-4800
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Decathlon
    735 Market Street, San Francisco • (415) 408-5494
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Hayward)
    269 Southland Mall, Hayward • (510) 783-4280
    rechargeable batteries, battery backups (UPS), batteries for cellphones, laptops, and button batteries
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    670 4th St., San Francisco • (415) 856-0543
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    459 Powell St., San Francisco • (415) 984-0793
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Cole Hardware
    70 4th St., San Francisco • (415) 777-4400
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Golden City Building Supply
    1279 Pacific Ave., San Francisco • (415) 441-0941
    Household batteries can be put into a clear plastic bag & placed on top of black cart on collection day. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    825 Market St., San Francisco • (415) 543-9502
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Appliance Sales
    840 Folsom St., San Francisco • (415) 777-5144
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off

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