DID YOU KNOW?

Around 600 million UK batteries - 22,000 tonnes equivalent to the weight of 110 jumbo jets - are sent to landfill unneccessarily each year.

As each household uses on average 21 batteries a year and with around 76,000 homes in the borough Bournemouth residents throw away around 1.6 million batteries annually.

HOW CAN I HELP?

Now you can recycle your household batteries at collection drop-off points around the town.

Any battery of between 1.5 and 9 volts can be dropped into the containers where they will be collected free of charge by recycling contractor BatteryBack and taken for recycling rather than ending up in landfill.

Battery recycling bins have been installed at:

Littledown Centre
All Bournemouth libraries
Stokewood Road Leisure Centre
Bournemouth Council's Southcote Road Depot

WHERE CAN I RECYCLE MY BATTERIES? 

CLICK HERE

for a map of your nearest battery recycling point.

HOW ARE THE BATTERIES RECYCLED?

CLICK HERE

to find out how your batteries are recycled.

All types of batteries can be taken to Millhams Community Recycling Centre for recycling.

For further information contact the recycling team through the Ask Bournemouth Contact centre on 01202 451199 or by email.

 Together we can recycle more and waste less!