How Do I Dispose Of Alkaline Batteries. Manufacturers used to put mercury in batteries to prevent hydrogen gas from building up. While batteries often contain valuable materials that isnt the case for alkalines.
You can find instructions on how to find a single use alkaline battery recycling program in the provided guidance. Throw away or recycle alkaline batteries. A major issue is there are no companies capable of recycling batteries in New Zealand they have to be shipped overseas often to Australia or Japan.
You can contact your local government for information about the disposal.
In addition residents in counties or municipalities with curbside household hazardous waste collection can recycle alkaline batteries as part of the curbside HHW program. However in 1996 the US. These are held in various locations in NSW on specified dates usually 9am-330pm. Dispose of the alkaline batteries in the trash unless you live in California.
