Specialist recycling
Specialist recycling
Never put batteries inside any of your bins as they get damaged by the crusher inside the lorry and cause fires.
For households that have their own wheelie bins: All types of small portable household battery (for example AA, C, D, button) can be put in a small, tied plastic bag and placed on top of your blue, green or black bin lid for kerbside collection. On occasions when the battery container on the bin lorry is full, we cannot collect the batteries. If this is the case, please wait until the following week.
For flats with large shared bins: Please do not leave batteries on top of these bins. Please take batteries to collection points in all major retailers that sell batteries. For example: supermarkets, service stations and electrical shops. If you share large bins, for example in a bin store at flats, please use these collection points instead of leaving batteries on the bins.
E-bike batteries can be recycled at many bike shops - check with your local shop. Halfords accepts e-bike batteries for recycling free of charge, and some are registered with the Velorim scheme (which does charge).
Find your nearest Velorim Centre
Power tool batteries can be recycled at large shops which sell them, for example Screwfix.
Batteries of all kinds can be taken to Household Recycling Centres.
You can find locations for recycling batteries on the recycle your electricals website.