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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
    Sports Basement (SF Bryant St)
    1590 Bryant St, San Francisco • (415) 575-3001
    No lithium batteries
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    300 Gough St., San Francisco • (415) 581-0600
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1899 Fillmore St., San Francisco • (415) 771-4603
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Discount Builders Supply
    1695 Mission St., San Francisco • (415) 621-8511
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Calumet
    2001 Bryant St., San Francisco • (415) 643-9275
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    3801 3rd St. Suite 550, San Francisco • (415) 285-8773
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    eWaste Direct Inc.
    6752 Preston Ave, Livermore • (877) 437-9558
    Mail-in for a Fee
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1979 Mission St., San Francisco • (415) 558-8749
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1189 Potrero Ave., San Francisco • (415) 647-1397
    Household batteries can be put into a clear plastic bag & placed on top of trash bin on collection day. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1363 Divisadero St., San Francisco • (415) 931-9974
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Alameda County Business Hazardous Waste Drop-in Program (Livermore Facility)
    5584 La Ribera Street, Livermore • (800) 606-6606
    Lithium batteries must have terminals insulated
    Drop-off for a Fee
    • Recycle
    Alameda County Business Hazardous Waste Program (Livermore Facility)
    5584 La Ribera Street, Livermore • (800) 606-6606
    Lithium batteries must have terminals insulated
    Drop-off for a Fee
    • Recycle
    Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Livermore Facility)
    5584 La Ribera Street, Livermore • (800) 606-6606
     Note: Swollen Li-ion batteries accepted. If it’s leaking, contact hhw@acgov.org.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Sports Basement (SF Presidio)
    610 Old Mason St, San Francisco • (415) 934-2900
    No lithium batteries
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    499 Haight St., San Francisco • (415) 621-6894
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Handy Handyman Ace Hardware
    2075 Market St., San Francisco • (415) 934-9010
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    SF Hardware
    512 Divisadero St., San Francisco • (415) 552-1168
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    2145 Market St., San Francisco • (415) 355-0800
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Clean Earth (AERC) (Hayward)
    30677 Huntwood Ave, Hayward • (510) 429-1129
    Mail-in recycling kit only
    Mail-in for a Fee
    • Recycle
    Standard 5&10 Ace Hardware
    3545 California St., San Francisco • (415) 751-5767
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    2690 Mission St., San Francisco • (415) 285-1576
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    3601 California St., San Francisco • (415) 668-5202
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    G Mazzei & Son Hardware
    5166 3rd St., San Francisco • (415) 822-2655
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Lowe's
    491 Bayshore Blvd., San Francisco • (415) 486-8611
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    5300 3rd St., San Francisco • (415) 671-0841
    Free Drop-off

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