Leave your battery recycling bag out with your regular kerbside collection service.
This will prevent fires and explosions at our waste treatment facilities from batteries that have been put in with waste and recycling collections.
It's also better for the environment as the valuable materials in batteries can be recovered and reused.
How to use your pink recycling bags
Fill your pink recycling bag with your unwanted household batteries, seal it and leave it on top of your general waste or recycling bin (or sack). Do not leave it on your food waste bin and do not leave loose batteries on or near your bins.
How to get a new pink recycling bag
When we collect your full battery recycling bag we'll leave a new one under your bin lid. If you use sacks or communal bins, you won’t get a replacement this way but anyone can pick up a new pink battery bag from any recycling centre or customer service centre, including libraries.
You can also order bags online.
What goes in your pink recycling bags
We can recycle full, partially used, rechargeable and normal type batteries, including:
- AA
- AAA
- C
- D
- 6V
- 9V
We can also recycle batteries from:
- toys
- laptops
- mobile phones
- watches
- hearing aids
What does not go in your pink battery recycling bags
We can only accept batteries that will fit in your pink battery recycling bag. Anything larger, like car batteries, you can take to a recycling centre.
Do not put electronic cigarettes or vapes in your pink battery bag. You can take these to any of our recycling centres, return them to a supermarket or the shop where you bought them.