Cartridgeworld will take them & recycle them for you. They have several locations.
Hi Kristie,
My work has a place to put old batteries to be disposed. I was wondering if your husband or you work at a place where they dispose batteries? All I do is take them to work to dispose of them there.
You can bring them to Radio Shack and they will recycle them.
Hi Kristie:
Walgreens will take old batteries. Check with your neighborhood store.
Briana
We can take them to the library for disposal.
try Ace Hardware or best buy. Or contact Mchenry county Defenders for other locations.
Our Walmart has a recycle container for old batteris and other stuff like cell phones, plastic bags, and ink cartridges. Otherwise call the local garbage company or recycling center they might be able to tell you where you can drop them off.
Best of luck
Peggy
Hello. Congrats on your young vibrant family. I live in Chicago. Some Walgreens participate in recycling old batteries. (That's why I now don't mind buying them) The Chicago Public Libraries recycle batteries. If your local library does not currently participate, maybe you can encourage them to do so. Take care. Thank you for being responsible.
Our Chicago Public Library has a recycle bin for batteries.
Check with your village/town. In North Aurora, we can set ours out in a separate baggie for recycling on garbage pick-up days. Certainly makes me feel much better about all the batteries we go through!
We take all of ours to Home Depot, they have a recycling box by the registers. The box actually says just for large drill batteries and rechargeable batteries, however they said to throw all batteries in there and they will recycle them.
Most Ace Hardware locations also take them. THere is also a place in Lake Zurich, called Batteries Plus who take them.
IKEA has a recycling station where you can return batteries and fluorescent light bulbs
If you are in the city of Chicago, all Walgreens and public libraries take alkaline batteries to recycle. Suburban Walgreens don't necessarily take them.
I know you got a lot of great responses. Just wanted to mention one more option to everyone - that Staples office supply store has a recycling drop off too - they take old batteries. I go there to drop off mine...I believe most of the office supply stores do this as a courtesy. Give them a call to check a location near you.
In Virginia Beach you can bring your batteries to the library and leave them to be recycled.
Hey, I just wanted to say good for you! I live in Kentucky, and recycling seems like a foreign concept here! I once called the city to find out what to do with old oil-based paint, and they told me to dump it down the sink! Are you kidding? Anyway, it's always great to see people making efforts not to put more dangerous chemicals into our environment! Thank you!
Home Depot accepts them too. =)
Here in OR the high schools have a club called Roots & Shoots...it's an environmental club that the youth get involved in issues such as these. My daughter's high school has a group that puts out notice that they will collect and take them to a recycling place...check out your local high schools and see if there's something similar!
Also, a great way to meet possible babysitters!
I have a lot of household batteries (AA, C), and I too have found it difficult to dispose of them. We are told here in Virginia that batteries cannot be placed in the trash. At the same time, Prince William County Landfill website says they charge $20.00 to take the batteries. "Batteries +" charges 90-something cents per pound for the "inconvenience" of having to dispose of my batteries. Another company will take the batteries depending on how much I am willing to pay them. Of course, all these companies are scams because they mislead you into believing that "you pay them to take your batteries, and once they have your money, you send them the batteries". What happens is when you do mail the batteries, the United States Postal Police are at your door to arrest you for mailing a hazardous material and your money is long gone. This did not happen to me. I just remember all the posters at the post office detailing what is a "no-no" to mail. I would like to recycle the batteries, and apparently the Federal Government and the various states seem to be riding a bandwagon with a sign "RECYCLE !!!!!!!!!". Unfortunately, at least Virginia, and most likely other states too, do not practice what they preach. They want you to recycle the batteries but they make it impossible and even cause financial hardship on those trying to dispose of them properly. As for the Staples here in my area, they do not have recycling for batteries. Neither does any of the Walgreens in my area. So, there I am. What do you suggest?