Can You Throw Out Batteries In The Trash. Not every household item can be tossed out in the trash when youre ready to dispose of it. Remember not all single-charge batteries are alkaline.
All car batteries need to go to a recycling plant and so should watch batteries. Most people simply do not know if you can throw away alkaline batteries or if they need to be recycled through an electronic waste recycling facility. Other common single use or rechargeable batteries such as lithium and button batteries are recyclable but access to recycling may not be.
If you have a lot of them stagger their disposal so they never touch each other in the trash.
Per USA Today a discarded lithium-ion battery was the cause of a. Remember not all single-charge batteries are alkaline. If you have a lot of them stagger their disposal so they never touch each other in the trash. Regular alkaline manganese and carbon-zinc batteries are not hazardous waste and can be thrown away with ordinary garbage.
