RECYCLE BATTERIES AND KEEP OUT OF GARBAGE BINS AND LANDFILL
- If possible, remove the battery from the device.
- Store batteries in a cool, dry place like a plastic container.
- If the batteries are damaged, store them in an insulated plastic bag to prevent short-circuiting.
- Do not mix batteries with other recyclables, as they can cause fires due to sparking.
- Maximum of a 2-litre container of batteries per visit free of charge.
- Maximum of 10 bulbs or tubes per visit free of charge.
- Place in special bins located at Mixed Waste Drop Off 5.
- Please see below for items accepted and special conditions.
Household Batteries
- Household Disposable Batteries: – alkaline, lithium, zinc carbon, nickel, cadmium, mercury, and nickel metal hydride typically in sizes AAA, AA, C, and D size, or rectangular 9- and 12-volt batteries. They may also be customised to fit cameras, mobile phones, game consoles, power tools, electric toothbrushes and shavers.
Household Batteries contain harmful substances that can leak into the environment, so please don’t put them in regular garbage, if they go to landfill these might contaminate the land or groundwater. Many still have some charge, and they can spark against other metals and cause fires.
As well as Kimbriki, major retailers including Woolworths, ALDI, Bunnings and Officeworks have become drop-off points for household batteries. Householders can look online for their nearest drop-off locations.
Button Cell Batteries
- Button Cell Batteries: – all button cell batteries e.g. watches, hearing aids, calculators, toys.
Button Cell Batteries that are dumped in landfills or incinerated will leak mercury toxins into water supplies and food chains. They should be recycled and not put in with normal garbage.
Button Batteries are used in a wide variety of everyday items like hearing aids, watches and calculators. Many children’s toys are powered by or use button batteries to produce light or sound effects. In Australia, one child a month is seriously injured after swallowing, or inserting a button battery.
Lithium-ion Batteries
- Lithium Rechargeable Batteries: – Some of these come in familiar AAA and AA sizes, or may be customised to fit cameras, mobile phones, game consoles, power tools, electric toothbrushes, shavers, e-bikes and scooters.
Lithium-ion batteries and rechargeable batteries which are hazardous and could produce sparks that may start a fire in the trucks or recycling facility.
Light Bulbs and Fluorescent Tubes
- Maximum of 10 per transaction.
- Place in special bins located at Mixed Waste Drop Off 5.
- Tubes and Globes must be fully intact and removed from packaging.
- Maximum length of Fluorescent tubes is 4ft (1.2m).
What tubes and globes are accepted?
- Linear fluorescent tubes
- U-Shaped and coated fluorescents
- High pressure mercury vapour lamps
- High pressure sodium vapour lamps
- Metal halide lamps
- Ultraviolet lamps
- Projector lamps
- Compact fluorescent lamps
- Incandescent lamps and globes
- Neon tubing
- Heat lamps
- Halogen (Dichroic) downlights
- Christmas / Fairy lights
