Batteries and light globes (household)
Do not put household batteries in any of your bins at home. Batteries can cause fires in trucks and waste facilities
Take them to the Community Recycling Centre, a Community Recycling Station, a Chemical CleanOut, Woolworths, Aldi, Bunnings or Officeworks for safe disposal. See B-cycle for other drop off points.
You can drop off household batteries and light globes, free of charge, at the following locations:
From 1 March 2023, fluoro tubes are no longer accepted at any library, the Works Depot or the Administrative building.
These tubes present challenges with safe handling, transport and storage and can no longer be accepted at these locations.
However, after this time they can still be recycled at:
Automotive batteries can be disposed of at the Community Recycling Centre at the Awaba Waste Management Facility.
All light globes must be clean and unbroken.
Lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries can now be recycled at the Community Recycling Centre at the Awaba Waste Management Facility as part of the Embedded Batteries Trial being undertaken by the NSW EPA.
These batteries are typically embedded in rechargeable devices and are flammable and potentially dangerous when exposed to heat or compression. Products with embedded batteries are considered problematic as they can be difficult to dispose of or recycle at their end of life due to the different components and materials that they’re made of. All batteries, particularly lithium-ion batteries, should never be disposed of in your kerbside red, yellow or green bins as they contain chemical substances that can be harmful to human health and the environment
Common items you might have at home that may contain an embedded battery are:
- Bluetooth speakers and headphones
- Electric toothbrushes
- E-scooters, e-bikes and hover boards
- Flashing/light up toys – particularly wands or other hard plastic products
- Personal care devices (eg. shavers)
- Powerpacks and portable charging devices
- Remote controlled and ride-on toys
- Vacuum cleaners (cordless hand-held and robotic)
- Vapes
- Wearable devices such as smart watches, trackers and medical aids
Many products have removal batteries, so if the batteries can be easily removed, please only bring the loose batteries, making sure to tape over the terminals before dropping them off.
Bunnings and Battery World stores also accept these batteries for recycling.
Follow the link to learn more about how to take charge of your battery waste.