Batteries

Battery recycling near you: where to recycle batteries

Take household batteries to a supermarket or another big shop with a battery collection box. Shops that sell more than 32kg of batteries a year must have a free collection point.

Places to recycle batteries on Binmap

Binmap lists 271 places that take batteries: 236 tips and 35 battery drop-off points.

102 tips on Binmap list car batteries.

Batteries cannot go in any bin

Batteries can catch fire when they are crushed in a bin lorry. Material Focus, a not-for-profit group, counted more than 1,200 battery fires in bin lorries and waste sites in the 12 months to May 2024.

The government advises taping over the ends of lithium batteries before you take them anywhere, to stop a fire.

Which batteries go in a shop collection box

Shop collection boxes take the batteries you use at home, such as AA, AAA, 9 volt, button batteries and rechargeables.

Car batteries and other vehicle batteries cannot go in them. Take those to a tip that accepts them.

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Last updated: 15 October 2026

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