Battery recycling

It's important that you dispose of batteries properly.

Do not put them in your bin, as this can cause a fire. 

There are lots of places in South Tyneside where you can recycle batteries. 

Never put batteries in any of your bins

Batteries, items containing batteries, or any electrical items can cause fires if damaged during waste and recycling processing.

Where to recycle household batteries

You can recycle household batteries at:

• anywhere that sells batteries (places that sell batteries have a legal duty to take back old batteries from customers for recycling)
• many shops and supermarkets
• Recycling Village (tip)
• the places in South Tyneside listed below

South Shields

You can recycle AA, AAA, 6V, D, C, 9V and button batteries at:

• Age Concern (29 Beach Road, NE33 2QU)
• All Saints Community Association (Stanley Street, NE34 0BX)
• Central Surgery (Prince Edward Road, NE34 7QN)
• Job Centre Plus (NE33 1BZ)
• Emmaus Market Square (NE33 1JF)
• Farnham Medical Centre (435 Stanhope Road, NE33 2LX)
• Flagg Court Health Centre (Dale Street, NE33 2LX)
• Marsden Road Health Centre (Marsden Road, NE34 6RE)
• Ocean Road Community Centre (Ocean Road, NE33 2DW)
• Perth Green Community Centre (Inverness Road, NE32 4AQ)
• South Shields Bowls Club (Horsley Hill Road, NE33 3HE)
• South Shields Museum & Art Gallery (NE33 2JA)
• St George Medical Practice (George Street, NE33 5DU)
• St Marks & St Cuthberts Church (Quarry Lane, NE34 7NP)
• St Marys & St Martins Church (Hogarth Road, Whiteleas, NE34 8HG)
• St Peters Church Hall (Sunderland Road, NE34 6AH)
• Talbot Medical Centre (Stanley Street, NE34 4QY)

Hebburn

You can recycle AA, AAA, 6V, D, C, 9V and button batteries at:

• Emmaus (5 St James Mall, NE31 1LE)
• Hawthorn Court (St Aloysius View, NE31 1RH)
• Holder House CIC (Lukes Lane, Marine Drive, NE31 2BA)

Jarrow

You can recycle AA, AAA, 6V, D, C, 9V and button batteries at:

• Job Centre (Ellison Street, NE32 3BX)
• Jarow Hub Community Centre (Cambrian Street, NE32 3QN)
• Jarrow Hall Museum (Church Bank, NE32 3DY)
• Springboard Jarrow (56 St Aidens Court, NE32 3EF)

Boldon

You can recycle AA, AAA, 6V, D, C, 9V and button batteries at:

• Boldon & Cleadon Community Library (NE36 0RY)
• Boldon Community Association (New Road, NE35 9DZ)
• West Boldon Lodge (Newcastle Road, NE36 0BG)

Whitburn

You can recycle AA, AAA, 6V, D, C, 9V and button batteries at:

• Whitburn Community Library (SR6 7EN)

Car batteries - You can take lead acid car batteries to the Recycling Village (tip).

Mobile phone batteries - You can take these to anywhere that sells batteries, or the Recycling village.

Rechargeable batteries - These companies will accept their own brand nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries for recycling:

• Energizer UK, FREEPOST LOL 2311, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4YY
• Panasonic, The Resale Department, Panasonic UK Ltd, Panasonic House, Willoughby Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8FT

Silver-oxide batteries - These are most commonly used in watches and calculators. Most jewellers will accept these for recycling due to the silver content.