Battery Recycling

There are many types of consumer batteries, from the lead-acid batteries we use in our cars to the little button batteries in our watches. There are household batteries like AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt, some of them rechargeable, some not. But whatever type of battery, they all have chemicals inside them.

Of course, chemicals are not all equally toxic. The three worst are:

• lead,
• cadmium, and
• mercury.

Other battery compounds like silver, zinc, and nickel can also be problems.

Sending any type of battery to the landfill or incinerator means the contents of the battery will ultimately end up getting into the soil, air, groundwater, and/or surface water, and thus eventually into the food chain and drinking-water supply. Thus, the key thing is to make sure batteries with toxic components get recycled in the Darke County Solid Waste District’s battery recycling program.

Below is a list of the places that will accept your spent household batteries in Darke County:

Wal-Mart (Service Desk)
Rest Haven (Employees Only)
Village of Union City
Greenville ACE Hardware
Brethren Home (Employees Only)
Darke Co. Park District
Darke County Solid Waste
Darke County Commissioners
Worch Library
Arcanum Hardware
Whirlpool (Employees Only)
Eikenberry’s
Norcold, Inc.
M & M Petrol & Pantry
Midmark (Employees Only)
Wayne Hospital (Employees Only)
Florida Production  (Employees Only)
Sutton’s Super Valu
Birt’s Store, New Weston
Village of Versailles