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Your SCISWA Quick Tip
Business & Special Recycling - Batteries
Depending upon the type, household batteries are either recycled, turned in at Household Hazardous Waste Clean-up Days and collection centers or discarded in the trash. Some of these batteries have potentially harmful metals and must be handled properly.
As of July 1996, Iowa law requires retailers and manufacturers of household batteries to have a collection and recycling system for NiCad, mercuric oxide and small lead acid batteries.
Batteries that MAY be discarded in trash:
- Alkaline and carbon zinc batteries may be safely discarded in the trash. Those include non-rechargeable batteries used in toys, flashlights and other common applications. These include batteries that are no longer manufactured with mercury and come in a variety of sizes and voltages.
Batteries that require special handling and MAY NOT be landfilled:
- Mercuric-oxide batteries: non-rechargeable batteries used in hearing aids. These batteries must be saved for a toxic clean-up day, disposed at a household hazardous waste Regional Collection Center, or returned to those hearing aid centers that have a recycling program. Check with manufacturers or retailers for availability of a local collection system.
- Nickel-cadmium (NiCad) batteries: rechargeable batteries used in rechargeable kitchen appliances, rechargeable power tools, and other household applications. Save for a toxic clean-up day, dispose at a household hazardous waste Regional Collection Center, or check with manufacturers or retailers for availability of a local collection system.
- Small lead-acid batteries: rechargeable batteries used in camcorders, lap top computers, cellular phones, etc. Save for a toxic clean-up day, dispose at a household hazardous waste Regional Collection Center, or check with manufacturers or retailers for availability of a local collection system.
These batteries may be disposed of at the RCC in Bondurant during regular business hours. Call 1-888-603-CREW for more information. You also may drop off these batteries at the satellite collection center at the SCISWA landfill by appointment on the first Saturday of each month. Call 641-828-8545 to set up an appointment.
The above information comes from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. For more information, call 515-281-IDNR.
Auto Batteries (lead-acid)
Since 1990, Iowa law has prohibited burying lead-based batteries in landfills. The law also mandated that retailers who sold batteries are required to accept used batteries when new ones are purchased. Be sure to return your old battery to the retailer when you buy a new one.
Other auto battery recyclers:
Sam Berman & Sons - (broken/leaking batteries must be placed in a bucket or other container to prevent lead contamination.)
3871 50th St. P.O. Box 358
Grinnell, IA 50112
641-236-5696
Brown's Sanitation
Regional Recycling Center
(During business hours)
610 N. Depot Street
Knoxville, IA 50138
641-842-4170
Gralnek-Dunitz
1428 N. 19th Ave. E.
Newton, IA 50208
641-792-1484
Poweshiek Transfer Station
Place on skid by scale house
8 miles East of Grinnell on Hwy 6 & 63
641-528-2801
SCISWA Landfill
1736 Hwy T17
Tracy, IA 50256
641-828-8545
Check also with local service stations and salvage businesses to see if they accept used lead-acid batteries. For a copy of the DNR's Iowa Automotive Directory, call 515-281-4367.
