Alkaline batteries no longer present the threat to the environment that they once did. They no longer contain hazardous compounds, and can therefore be thrown out with landfill garbage. However, this is neither sustainable nor the best option, and there are better things you can do with your household f batteries when they have run out of charge. Of course, using rechargeable batteries is the most sustainable option, but unfortunately that is not always an option. Therefore, recycling has become an excellent alternative to throwing alkaline batteries out with your garbage. Listed below are places in the Tri-City area that collect alkaline batteries for recycling.
Household Hazardous Waste Facility
1721 Dietrich Road
Pasco
Richland City Landfill
3102 Twin Bridges Road
Richland
Unfortunately, there are not a lot of places to recycle alkaline batteries in our area, and the places that do collect alkaline batteries are located in areas that are very far out of the way.
I have quite the collection of alkaline batteries to recycle at my house. Eventually, I plan to take them to one of these facilities, and will report back about how practical it is, and whether or not it is worth the drive out there to recycle the batteries.
I can only hope that in the future there will be places closer into town and more accessible that will collect batteries to recycle. Recycling batteries will become a large industry in the future, as we will continue to use our resources to make the batteries. Also, it will be an excellent way to stop pollution. A good place for these collection boxes could be at places such as grocery stores – somewhere where everyone eventually has to go and not too far out of the way. We can only hope that something like that will come to our area soon.
Source:
Seattle Public Utilities: http://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Recycling/LookupTool/Electronics/Batteries/HouseholdAlkalineBatteries/index.htm
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