Batteries contain toxic chemicals that can harm the environment. Some types can also cause garbage fires, which is a growing problem at waste transfer stations. Hazardous batteries are banned from Oregon landfills (where our garbage goes), so Kitsap residents and businesses must take them to a battery collection site.
Recycle:
> Bainbridge Disposal Transfer Station – Look for the designated containers, white 5-gallon buckets next to the electronics shed. Do not put in the mixed recyclables container.
Accepted:
• Rechargeable
• Single-use
• Button cell
• Lithium-ion (Li-ion)
• Mercury
• Nickel-cadmium (Ni-cad)
• Silver oxide
• Zinc
• Alkaline
Vape pens – When by design the battery can be removed, remove the battery and put in one of the transfer station battery buckets. Put empty liquid cartridges in the trash.
> Bainbridge Ace Hardware – They take household batteries: alkaline and rechargeable (AA, AAA, C, D, 9V) and lithium-ion (button type).
> Ridwell, a doorstep subscription recycling service, accepts these types.
Here is an interesting video filmed at a lithium battery recycling plant in Arizona.
Last updated 11/28/2025