VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The City of Virginia Beach now allows residents to dispose of their standard alkaline batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, and 9 volt) in their household trash.
Alkaline batteries no longer contain mercury, which was one of the reasons for the Public Works Waste Management accepting them in their Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) program.
It is still a fire hazard to continue to collect batteries such as Lithium Ion (Li-Ion), Nickel Cadmium (NiCd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), and Nickel Zinc (Ni-ZN) batteries using the current system, so the household battery collection boxes from all City libraries and recycling drop-off centers will be removed.
Residents can properly dispose of their rechargeable batteries at the Virginia Beach Landfill and Resource Recovery Center, located at 1989 Jake Sears Road, with local retailers, such as Lowe's and Home Depot, or visit www.Call2Recycle.org for battery recycling locations nearest them.
Anyone with questions could call (757) 385-4650, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or click here.
