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What happens to batteries?

What happens when batteries lose their charge? Each year millions of batteries end up in landfills, where toxic metals could harm our environment.

Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! provides a different journey.

What does the battery recycling journey look like?

Battery recycling box

Collect, protect, and drop off your used batteries

You can find a battery collection box at nearly 15,000 Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! drop-off locations across Canada, including leading retailers and recycling depots.

Battery Sorting

Battery transporting and sorting

Collected batteries are transported to consolidation centres, where they are sorted based on weight and battery type and sent to the recycling plant for processing.

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Battery processing

Processors at the recycling plant extract chemicals and metals to be used in the manufacture of new products, contributing to a healthy circular economy.

Battery Types & Their Second Life

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Rechargeable Batteries

Nickel (Ni)

Used Ni-Cd, Ni-MH and Ni-Zn batteries can be recycled into new products such as silverware, pots & pans, golf clubs and even new batteries.

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Rechargeable Batteries

Lithium (Li)

Used Li-Ion rechargeable batteries can be recycled into steel, stainless steel and new batteries.

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Rechargeable Batteries

Lead (SSLA/Pb)

Used SSLA/Pb batteries can be recycled into new Pb-based batteries.

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Single-Use Batteries

Alkaline

Used alkaline batteries can be recycled into steel and new products such as sunscreen and concrete aggregate.

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Single-Use Batteries

Lithium Primary

Used Li-based primary batteries can be recycled into new products such as silverware, stainless steel, golf clubs and new batteries.

The Battery Recycling Process

How to collect,
protect, and
drop off your
batteries.

Watch the Video

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Recycling News

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Celebrating the Fall 2024 Battery Blitz Winners

Recently, Recycle Your Batteries, Canada!, helped celebrate with some of the winners of the Fall 2024 Edition of the Battery Blitz School Mission Contest. The contest, arranged with our incredible partner, Earth Rangers, was held in October of 2024 across three provinces, ...
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Join Us at Toronto’s Community Environment Days

Hey Toronto! Ready to clear out the clutter and do something good for the planet? From May through August, Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! will be attending several of the City of Toronto’s Community Environment Days, and we’d love to see you there!
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