Battery Recycling
The City has 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.
The five battery drop-off locations include:
- 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
Two well marked containers are available at each location. You can leave your non-rechargeable (single use) batteries in the plastic bin and rechargeable batteries and cell phones in the RBRC cardboard box (every rechargeable battery and cell phone must be placed in a plastic bag which is attached to the cardboard box prior to placing them in the box).
Single Use Battery Bin
- Only household non rechargeable (single use) batteries are accepted.
- NO car/truck batteries. 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.
- Between January and July 2009, 1196.20 kg of single use batteries were collected at the five City facilities listed above.
Rechargeable Battery Box
- Acceptable batteries include: Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion), Nickel Zinc (Ni-Zn) and Small Sealed Lead (Pb) batteries.
- Batteries must weigh less than 2 lbs/1 kg per battery.
- Above listed batteries are commonly 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 also accepted. Phones must be deactivated prior to depositing into the collection box. Don’t forget 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 in the product manual, or you can visit http://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.
- *** Used rechargeable batteries may still contain a residual charge that can short-circuit and get hot if terminals come in contact with other battery terminals during storage and shipping. To prevent short-circuits RBRC mandates a ONE bag rule. That is, ONE rechargeable battery or ONE cell phone with battery per bag. Each rechargeable battery or cell phone with installed battery must be placed into a separate plastic bag. If plastic bags are unavailable, cover battery terminals with tape (electrical, duct, or masking). ***
- The following are NOT accepted in the RBRC rechargeable batteries box:
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RBRC does NOT recycle household cordless phones, mobile installed or bag phones, two-way radios, walkie-talkies, or pagers.
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RBRC does NOT accept alkaline, lithium, non-rechargeable, or wet-cell batteries.
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RBRC does NOT accept batteries larger than 2 lbs/1 kg.
Additional information
- Note that there are other sites currently collecting batteries and other household hazardous wastes. For a complete list, please see www.halton.ca/takeitback.
- Find out the places to drop off household hazardous and special wastes and unwanted electronics that can’t be put in your Blue Box and should not go in the garbage (such as leftover paint, non-rechargeable batteries and empty propane cylinders, televisions, computers and fax machines). You can search for places by municipality, postal code or material. www.dowhatyoucan.ca
- Next phase of electronics recycling program powers up. April 2010.