Battery recycling

Recycle your batteries for free at our Ferguson Street Recycling Centre and other convenient locations around the city.

Do your bit for the environment

Batteries contain harmful chemicals and heavy metals that can pollute the environment. When batteries are recycled these metals can be recovered and used again.

Never put batteries in your recycling bin! They can (and do) cause fires. Please drop them off to us instead.

We're committed to finding ways to reduce waste and our city's impact on the environment, so we're delighted to offer this free recycling service for household quantities of batteries under 2kg.

Bring us your used or old and unwanted batteries for recycling

Examples include: 

  • single-use and rechargeable batteries, such as AA, AAA, C, D and 9V
  • batteries from handheld devices like mobile phones, toys and torches
  • batteries from laptops, cordless power tools, stereos and cars.

We accept all kinds of batteries:

  • alkaline
  • lithium and li-ion
  • carbon zinc
  • nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride
  • lead-acid.

Drop them off during opening hours

No matter where you live or work in Palmy, there’s a handy drop-off point nearby. Select the links below for facility addresses and opening hours:

You can also drop off a limited range of batteries at Horizons Regional Council’s Victoria Avenue office (AAA, AA, C, D and 9V household batteries only). Check the Horizons website for opening hours

Do you have more than 2kg of batteries to recycle?

Please take them to Ferguson Street Recycling Centre. This quantity will incur a charge.

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