Battery Recycling & Disposal

Batteries can contain toxic heavy metals such as nickel, mercury, and lead which can pollute our air and water if not disposed of properly.  We work with a responsible local battery handler that recycles batteries with recoverable metal content, and appropriately disposes of batteries that are not recyclable.

Starting May 11, 2009, we have NEW battery collection procedures. We ONLY accept batteries generated by work activities.  For battery waste generated at home, please check with your county's household hazardous waste program for battery recycling opportunities in your area.

All types of ‘small’ batteries are accepted at the collection locations.  Contact HESS by calling extension 8625 or 2409 for pickup of larger batteries, ex. automobile, motorcycle or UPS.

Collection Locations
ML Front Desk
CG1 Front Desk
CG4 Front Desk
FL2 Front Desk
Batteries accepted 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Safety Procedures

All batteries must have the ends or terminals taped with clear tape, or must be placed in individual plastic bags, in order to reduce fire hazards from the possibility of batteries short circuiting when rubbing against each other in transit. Department of Transportation (DOT) rules require us to take these new precautions when preparing batteries for transport.  Collection locations are stocked with tape you may use to cover battery terminals.

Examples of properly taped batteries:

	tape the terminal of laptop, equipment or cell phone batteries
		for smaller batteries, either enclose the enire battery in tape, or cover each end with tape

Questions? Please contact Milenda Powers at x8625 or mpowers@ucar.edu.

For more information on the UCAR/NCAR recycling program, visit Sustainable UCAR online.

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