Battery Recycling
As of December 2011 there are several NEW locations that accept spent household batteries for recycling free of charge.
There are two types of household batteries - primary batteries that cannot be reused and secondary (rechargeable) batteries that can be reused. 
Household Battery Types
| Primary Cells | Common Uses |
| Alkaline | Cassette players, radios, appliances |
| Carbon-zinc | Flashlights, toys, etc. |
| Lithium | Cameras, calculators, watches, computers, etc. |
| Mercury | Hearing aids, pacemakers, cameras, calculators, watches, etc. |
| Silver | Hearing aids, watches, cameras, calculators |
| Zinc | Hearing aids, pagers |
| Secondary Cells | Common Uses |
| Nickel-cadmium | Cameras, rechargeable appliances such as portable power tools, hand-held vacuums, etc. |
| Small sealed lead-acid | Camcorders, computers, portable radios, tape players, cell phones, lawn mower starters, etc. |
Municipal Locations:
| Brodie Resource Library 216 Brodie Street |
| County Park Branch 1020 Dawson Road, County Fair Plaza |
| Mary J. L. Black Branch 901 Edward Street South |
|
Waverley Resource Library |
|
Victoriaville Civic Centre |
| Household Hazardous Waste Depot City of Thunder Bay Solid Waste & Recycling Facility 5405 Mapleward Road |
Rechargeable batteries/Cell phone batteries/Laptop batteries are also accepted at the retail locations listed below:
Zellers, Intercity Mall
Zellers, Arthur Street Marketplace
The Source, Intercity Mall
The Source, Arthur Street Marketplace
Thunder Bay Communications, 1080 Lithium Drive
Future Shop, 767 Memorial Avenue
MGM Electric, 724 MacDonnell Street
Home Depot, 359 Main Street.
Call ahead. Some businesses may charge a fee to accept your items.
Car batteries are accepted at these locations:
Auto Parts Central, 1239 Amber Drive
Lakehead Scrap Metal, Mission Island
Lakehead Alternator & Starter Co. Ltd., 565 Eleventh Avenue
Household Hazardous Waste Depot, Solid Waste & Recycling Facility, 5405 Mapleward Road
Button batteries can be dropped off at the jewelry departments of Walmart, Zellers and Sears.
For more information, contact Infrastructure & Operations at 625-2195.
