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Battery recycling

Batteries need to be recycled at your local Community Recycling Centre or Supermarket.

You need to recycle batteries at a Community Recycling Centre or local supermarket. Putting batteries into black bags or recycling bags damages the environment and can cause fires during processing.

Community Recycling Centres

Household batteries

You can take household batteries and electrical goods that contain them to your local Community Recycling Centre to be recycled.

Car and vehicle batteries

You can take large batteries for cars and other vehicles to our Community Recycling Centres at:

  • Ty Amgen
  • Dinas
  • Treforest
  • Llantrisant
  • Treherbert

Check what can be recycled at each of our Community Recycling Centres.

Shops and supermarkets

Many shops and supermarkets that sell batteries have to provide battery recycling points in-store. 

This includes standard sized batteries, including:

  • AAA and AA cells
  • Size C and D
  • rechargeable batteries

They will also accept removable batteries from common devices. This can include batteries from:

  • mobile phones
  • laptops
  • hearing aids
  • watches
  • portable cameras
  • torches
  • electric toothbrushes
  • razors
  • hand-held vacuum cleaners

Check to see what shops near you provide battery recycling.