Book it: Recycle Your Used Batteries at 14 County Libraries

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In this electronically charged age, it’s easy to find yourself up to your eyeballs in batteries of old batteries.

What’s not always easy is to find the best way to safely and properly recycle them. Batteries contain toxic metals, are considered hazardous waste and must be recycled. Don’t throw them in the trash.

But did you know you can safely recycle your batteries for free by taking them to 14 San Diego County Library branches? That’s right, the library. It’s not just for books; it’s for batteries too!

Just bring them to the battery drop-off bins located inside the 14 branches. The libraries primarily collect standard alkaline batteries — Cs, Ds, AAs, AAAs, 9-volts, you name it. But they can also take rechargeable batteries; lithium batteries must be bagged separately.

The San Diego County Library recycling program, sponsored and funded by the County Department of Environmental Health, has been collecting and recycling used batteries for residents since 2009. The program recycles about five tons of batteries for residents every year. 

Here are the County Library branches where you can recycle your batteries:

For more information about recycling, go to the County’s recycling Web page and to WasteFreeSD.org.

 

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