Battery recycling

It's important that you dispose of batteries properly.

Please do NOT put batteries, items containing batteries, or any electrical items in your blue recycling bin or green household bin as they can cause fires if damaged during collection and processing.

Instead you can recycle household batteries:

in battery containers/tubes at supermarkets and shops that sell batteries (places that sell batteries have a legal duty to take back old batteries from customers for recycling)
at Household Waste and Recycling Centres (Pallion and Campground)
in battery containers/tubes located in local community venues listed below

Building	Address	Area	Postcode
Library buildings:
Back on the Map	67 Toward Road	Hendon	SR2 8JG
City Library, Museum and Winter Gardens	Burdon Road	City Centre	SR1 1PP
Fulwell Library	Dene Lane	Fulwell	SR6 8EH
Houghton le Spring Library	74 Newbottle Street	Houghton le Spring	DH4 4AF
Kayll Road West Branch Library	Kayll Road	Sunderland west	SR4 7TW
Washington Library	Independence Square, The Galleries	Washington	NE38 7RZ
Washington Millennium Centre	The Oval, Concord	Washington	NE37 2QD
Community centres:
Castletown Community Centre	Grange Road	Castletown	SR5 3EQ
Community Help and Neighbourly Care (CHANCE)	2 Rickaby Street	Hendon	SR1 2DL
Pennywell Community Centre	Portsmouth Road	Pennywell	SR4 9AX
Redby Community Centre	Fulwell Road	Fulwell	SR6 9QU
Redhouse Community Centre	Rutherglen Road	Hylton Red House	SR5 5LN
Rickleton Village Community Centre	Rickleton	Washington	NE38 7LP
Springwell Village Community Centre	Fell Road	Springwell	NE9 7RP
West Community Centre	230 Chester Road	Sunderland West	SR4 7HR
Churches:
St Johns Methodist Church	Ashbrooke Road	Ashbrooke	SR2 7HQ
Other:
Age UK	Bradbury Centre, Stockton Road	Sunderland centre/east	SR2 7AQ
Citizens Advice	5A Waterloo Place	Sunderland centre	SR1 3HT
Raich Carter Sports Centre	Commercial Road	Hendon	SR2 8PD
Salvation Army, Austin House	Shakespeare Street	Southwick	SR5 2JX
Sunderland Carers Centre	Thompson Park, Thompson Road	Carley Hill/Southwick	SR5 1SF
Sunderland Winter Museum	Burdon Road	Sunderland centre	SR1 1PP
Washington Mind	Grasmere Terrace	Washington	NE38 7LP

Small electrical items and items containing batteries

These items can be recycled at the Household Waste and Recycling Centres at Pallion and Campground,Wrekenton.

Some shops will also take old electrical items. To find a shop near you please visit Recycle Your Electricals and type in your postcode.