Batteries

Batteries are taken to a battery sorting facility where they are sorted into different types depending on the materials they have inside them. They are packaged up and taken to specialist reprocessing plants where they are dismantled using several different techniques. This allows the recyclers to extract materials like metal and plastic.

Don't bin them. Batteries are the biggest cause of fires in the waste industry. They should always be recycled separately.

Did you know 41 tonnes of car batteries are also recycled at Household Recycling Centres in Buckinghamshire each year. These are sent to a site in Aylesbury for sorting and further reprocessing

Walsall - Batteries collected at the household recycling centres are sent to a facility in Walsall to be recycled.

24 tonnes of batteries are recycled from household recycling centres in Buckinghamshire each year.