What Do I Do with My Old Battery?

Disposing Your Old Battery 

The portable power sensation that is the battery has become essential to the way of life for many Adelaide residents. Whether you’re driving around the suburbs in your car, watching TV at home or cruising down the Murray River in your boat, you require a battery.

While we use batteries every day in our mobile phones, laptops and other electronics, most people don’t know what their correct method of disposal is. The Australian Battery Recycling Initiative estimates that only around 5% of all batteries under one kilogram get recycled.

At Metro Waste, we want to get the information out there of how crucial correct disposal of batteries can be for limiting waste that ends up in the landfill and reducing the use of finite resources, especially rare metals.

Our conveniently located and state of the art transfer station can sort batteries into chemistry types and make sure they arrive at recycling depots for repurposing. Metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, lithium, manganese, nickel and zinc are all non-renewable, naturally occurring elements that we need to recycle.

Why Proper Battery Disposal is Important

Materials found in batteries such as mercury, cadmium and lead can be hazardous to the environment if they end up in the landfill. They can leak into the ground and water systems and cause health concerns for both animals and humans.

There is much less strain on the Earth’s resources if electronics are removed from the waste stream and recycled. Rare metals found in the ground are non-renewable, which means once we’ve used them all for our consumption, there’ll never be any more.

Proper battery disposal and the subsequent recycling can also help to reduce the incentive for mining companies to open new mines that cause a substantial release of greenhouse gas emissions.

Battery Disposal Experts

Metro Waste’s competent and experienced team coupled with our top of the line facilities have everything required for successful and correct battery disposal . We care about the environment and work our hardest to keep the worst contaminants out of a landfill.

Our transfer station handles all hazardous waste including battery disposal and makes sure that everything that is considered recyclable heads in the right direction. If you have a car battery or a drawer full of small batteries that you need safe disposal of, then look no further than Metro Waste!

We are conveniently located just outside the Adelaide CBD at 19-25 Murray Street Thebarton. If you’ve ever thought that a trip to the dump would be a chore, you can rest assured that a visit to Metro Waste is as quick and easy as can be.

Come down and see us for a quick drive-thru and drop off and our friendly team will assist you in every way we can. Call Metro Waste and get your battery disposal done today on (08) 8443 8827 .