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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.

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    Recycle1234: E-Waste & Solar Panel Recycling Center
    33548 Central Ave, Union City • (510) 468-2642
    Drop-off for a Fee
    • Recycle
    Standard Plumbing
    6122 Geary Blvd., San Francisco • (415) 752-1888
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    4645 Mission St., San Francisco • (415) 585-6900
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    2050 Irving St., San Francisco • (415) 664-4215
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    25 Point Lobos Ave., San Francisco • (415) 386-0736
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Papenhausen Hardware
    32 West Portal Ave., San Francisco • (415) 681-6717
    For safety, tape contacts on all Lithium and Lithium-ion batteries.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    965 Geneva Ave., San Francisco • (415) 841-0507
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    J & J Hardware
    929 Geneva Ave., San Francisco • (415) 239-8998
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1750 Noreiga St., San Francisco • (415) 664-5543
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    200 West Portal Ave., San Francisco • (415) 665-1008
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1630 Ocean Ave., San Francisco • (415) 239-0804
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    1201 Taraval St., San Francisco • (415) 753-1305
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Duke's Hardware (2526 Noriega)
    2526 Noriega St., San Francisco • (415) 753-0258
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    2550 Ocean Ave., San Francisco • (415) 587-9000
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Great Wall Hardware
    1821 Taraval St., San Francisco • (415) 566-1511
    All household-type, laptop, cell phone, and rechargeable batteries accepted. Please tape over lithium battery contacts.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Sports Basement (SF Stonestown)
    3251 20th Ave, San Francisco • (415) 934-2922
    No lithium batteries
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Walgreens
    3001 Taraval St., San Francisco • (415) 759-0572
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Dale Hardware
    3700 Thornton Ave., Fremont • (510) 797-3700
    No large quantities.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Home Depot (Newark)
    5401 Thornton Ave., Newark • (510) 494-1205
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Quick Light Recycling
    170 South Spruce Ave, South San Francisco • (415) 596-2305
    Pick-up for a Fee
    • Recycle
    North State Environmental (South San Francisco)
    220 South Spruce Avenue, South San Francisco • (650) 588-2838
    Pick-up for a Fee
    • Recycle
    GreenCitizen
    1831 Old Bayshore Hwy, Ste. #2, Burlingame • (650) 493-8700
    They ONLY accept UPS batteries. Non-rechargable electronic batteries and single use alkaline batteries are NOT accepted.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Alameda County Business Hazardous Waste Program (Fremont Facility)
    41149 Boyce Rd., Fremont • (800) 606-6606
    Lithium batteries must have terminals insulated
    Drop-off for a Fee
    • Recycle
    Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Fremont Facility)
    41149 Boyce Rd., Fremont • (800) 606-6606
     Note: Swollen Li-ion batteries accepted. If it’s leaking, contact hhw@acgov.org.
    Free Drop-off
    • Recycle
    Home Depot (Fremont)
    43900 Ice House Ter., Fremont • (510) 490-0191
    Free Drop-off

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