How to Dispose of Batteries

You can dispose of mobile phone batteries in a dedicated battery bin at any shop or supermarket. Remove the old battery from your phone when it’s dead and drop it in the bin for recycling, following any instructions. Some recycling centres also accept used phone batteries with their battery bins.

If the battery is from a work phone, then it classes as commercial waste. In this case, it should be disposed of with your other commercial battery waste collections. If you can’t remove the battery from the phone, then you can dispose of the entire device with commercial WEEE recycling.

When hearing aid batteries run out you can remove them and drop them off at a nearby battery recycling point in supermarkets and other large shops. This includes any rechargeable hearing aid batteries, as they class as portable sealed batteries.

If you’re getting rid of the full hearing aid, then it’s best to take it back to the supplier – whether it’s simply unwanted or faulty. Doctors’ surgeries, hearing specialists, and some charity shops also have collection points. They should replace the batteries if they no longer work before distributing them to any hard-of-hearing people in their network.

Any businesses that take back old hearing aid batteries should then arrange commercial battery collection. If your organisation accepts complete hearing aids, then you’ll need to dispose of them with commercial WEEE recycling collections.