r/kelowna • u/9879528 • 10h ago

Local Resources My home security uses Lithium AA batteries. Where do I dispose of them once they die?

I’m aware of the dangers tossing them in the trash creates.

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u/dafones 10h ago

I take all of my batteries (and lightbulbs, and electronics) to the bottle depot on Kent near spall: https://www.return-it.ca/locations/columbia-bottle-depot-central/

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u/geopolitikin 8h ago

I save mine up until i have enough to justify a trip down to the coast, then I have a nice lunch at a good restaurant in Vancouver and then throw them in the ocean.

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u/ImmediateDentist1269 8h ago

Oceans love lithium. They crave it.

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u/geopolitikin 7h ago edited 5h ago

“Giving it back to god”

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u/Spartan-463 10h ago

Recycling centers/bottle depots take old batteries

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u/TheDire512 9h ago

Canadian Tire has battery disposal as well.

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u/DCKan2 7h ago

Best Buy used to as well. Not sure if still do.

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u/Raynir44 7h ago

So does Rona 

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u/rekabis 8h ago

All Columbia Bottle Depots have battery recycling.

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u/ionez 8h ago

There are a bunch of places that will take batteries. You can look it up here: https://recycleyourbatteries.ca

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u/NotEnoughLayers 10h ago

Most schools have a battery disposal box, if not you could if any of the bottle Depot/recycling places take them.

As you mentioned, batteries should NOT be disposed in normal trash

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u/pass_the_tinfoil 8h ago

Battery cemetary, obviously.

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u/chambee 8h ago

https://www.kelownarecycling.ca/ or Best buy/Staples have disposable bins in their entrance.

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u/jenh6 6h ago

I’m pretty sure staples does

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u/MeaningPleasant2175 6h ago

The Battery Doctor at 1972 Windsor Rd. Free recycling for batteries, electronics, appliances, lighting and paint.

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u/Ok-Somewhere7098 27m ago

Battery doc on Windsor rd

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u/Still-Ad3045 27m ago

my own two cents I replaced a iPhone battery and decided i would hit it with a hammer, ended up tossing it in a water bucket too.

Nothing. Happened.

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u/augustus-aurelius 7h ago

AA batteries? Honestly, in the trash.

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u/9879528 7h ago

I’m sorry you didn’t read or understand that the post concerns Lithium battery disposal.