SAN DIEGO - If you're throwing your used batteries into the trash can, then you're not disposing of them the right way. Here's how to take care of that.
Bring them to the battery drop-off bins located inside the 14 library branches listed below. The libraries primarily collect standard alkaline batteries — Cs, Ds, AAs, AAAs, 9-volts, you name it. But they can also take rechargeable batteries; lithium batteries must be bagged separately.
While the EPA says most communities can throw batteries in the trash, California considers batteries to be hazardous waste, which must be disposed of at a proper facility.
Contact the County of San Diego recycling website for more information.
- Bonita-Sunnyside Branch Library 4375 Bonita Road Bonita (619) 475-4642
- Borrego Springs: 587 Palm Canyon Drive, Suite 125, Borrego Springs (760) 767-5761
- Campo: 31356 Highway 94 Campo (619) 478-5945
- Casa de Oro Branch Library 9805 Campo Rd., #180 Spring Valley (619) 463-3236
- Descanso Branch Library 9545 River Drive Descanso (619) 445-5279
- Fallbrook Branch Library 124 S. Mission Road Fallbrook (760) 731-4650
- Jacumba Branch Library 44605 Old Hwy. 80 Jacumba (619) 766-4608
- Julian Branch Library 1850 Highway 78 Julian (760) 765-0370
- Pine Valley Branch Library 28804 Old Hwy. 80 Pine Valley (619) 473-8022
- Potrero Branch Library 24883 Potrero Valley Rd. Potrero (619) 478-5978
- Ramona Branch Library 1275 Main Street Ramona (760) 788-5270
- Rancho San Diego Branch Library 11555 Via Rancho San Diego El Cajon (619) 660-5370
- Rancho Santa Fe Branch Library 17040 Avenida de Acacias Rancho Santa Fe (858) 756-2512
- Valley Center Branch Library 29200 Cole Grade Rd. Valley Center (760) 749-1305
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