Battery and Cell Phone Recycling
As of October 5, 2011 residents no longer need to separate single use batteries, rechargeable batteries and cell phones as all batteries and cell phones can now go into one container. The collection sites in Burlington are:- Aldershot Community Pool, 50 Fairwood Place
- Appleby Ice Centre, 1201 Appleby Line
- Brant Hills Community Centre, 2255 Brant Street
- City Hall, 426 Brant Street
- Tansley Woods Community Centre, 1996 Itabashi Way
Please note:
- Only household batteries are accepted.
- Batteries must weigh less than 2 lbs/1 kg per battery.
- Lithium batteries and rechargeable batteries (including cell phones) must be protected from short-circuiting by covering the battery terminals with tape or individually bagging the lithium battery.
- Lithium batteries can be button cell or sealed cell batteries and are often in portable consumer electronic devices. Rechargeable batteries are found in cellular and cordless phones, cordless power tools, laptop computers, PDAs, two-way radios, camcorders, remote control toys and other cordless products.
- All cell phone makes and models are accepted. Phones should be deactivated prior to depositing into the collection box. Please ensure to terminate your service and erase your personal data. Instructions on how to clear the phone's memory of contacts and other stored information can be found by visiting www.recellular.com/recycling/data_eraser/default.asp for a free data eraser. If your phone has a SIM card, remove it. Check with your wireless provider for assistance if needed. If you're recycling your old phone because you're upgrading to a new model, please ask your new cell phone provider to erase the data and deprogram your old phone.
The following are NOT accepted:
- NO household cordless phones, mobile installed or bag phones, two-way radios, walkie-talkies, or pagers.
- NO truck/car batteries or batteries larger than 2lbs/1kg. Please take these to your local household hazardous waste depot. If you are a resident of Halton Region you can take your other household hazardous waste, including batteries, to the Halton Waste Management Site in Milton. Please visit http://www.halton.ca/ for more information.
Collection Data:Collection statistics for batteries & cell phones at city facilities Year Amount in kilograms 2009 2,034 2010 3,016 2011 (Jan – Sept) 2,218 Additional information:
- Take It Back! Halton is a directory of local business, non-profit organizations and municipal facilities that take back materials for to be reuse, recycled or properly disposed to access the directory please www.halton.ca/takeitback or call 311.
- In Ontario, there are a number of stewardship programs run by private industry which offer enhanced recycling opportunities to residents
- For household hazardous and special waste visit http://www.makethedrop.ca/ for drop off locations.
- For electronics visit http://www.recycleyourelectronics.ca/ for drop off locations.
History:
- In 2008, the City of Burlington partnered with Halton Region and the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC also known as Call2Recycle) to bring a household battery collection program for both non-rechargeable (single use) and rechargeable batteries to Burlington. Click here to see the staff report to Council regarding battery recycling.
- Two well marked containers were available at each location; one for non-rechargeable (single use) batteries (collected by Halton Region) and another for rechargeable batteries and cell phones (collected by RBRC). The program is ongoing but all batteries are now collected in one container.