Never bin your batteries

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When used batteries are tossed in your landfill or recycling bins, they can start a fire in the collection truck, at the recycling sorting facility, or at the landfill.

Batteries that end up in landfill not only create a fire risk, they can also leak dangerous chemicals into our underground waterways.

Don’t bin your batteries.

Instead, drop these battery types into collection containers free of charge. 

Drop off locations for your batteries for recycling:

Small handheld batteries e.g. - AA, AAA, C, D, 6volt, 9volt and button batteries

Anglesea

  • IGA Anglesea
  • Anglesea Transfer Station

Lorne

  • Home Hardware Lorne
  • Foodworks Lorne
  • Lorne Transfer Station

Torquay

  • ALDI Torquay
  • Bunnings Warehouse – Torquay
  • Coles Torquay
  • Faggs Mitre 10
  • Woolworths Torquay
  • Woolworths Torquay North
  • In foyer of Council offices (1 Merrijig Drive)
  • Torquay residential waste & recycling drop-off (130 Messmate Road)

Winchelsea

  • Winchelsea Transfer Station

Mobile phones and phone batteries

Power tool battery packs, car and marine batteries

  • Anglesea, Lorne and Winchelsea transfer stations

Look what can happen when a battery ends up in your bin:

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