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10 locations in 7 cities.
Drop-off sites for car batteries, household batteries, and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Hours, fees, and accepted items change, so confirm with the facility before you go.
Battery Recycling by city
Belleville Recycling
501 Hecker Street
618-233-2425
Office: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM-4:30 PM, Sat 8:00 AM-12:00 PM; Shipping: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Belleville Recycling has bought scrap metal at 501 Hecker Street since 1958, a third-generation family company. Its price sheet covers bare bright and graded copper, insulated copper, yellow and red brass, aluminum cans, siding, cast aluminum and wheels, lead, lead-acid batteries, electric motors, die cast, starters and alternators, heater cores, stainless steel, and iron and steel. Cardboard is taken by donation only. Glass, plastic, paper, tires, computers, Styrofoam, and wood are refused, and any equipment with a motor must be drained of oil first. Office hours run Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. The company names protecting local utilities from metal theft as a priority.
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Reyes Recycling
2240 141st St
708-770-1005
Mon-Fri 7:30am-6:30pm, Sat 7:30am-3:00pm, Sun 8:00am-4:00pm
The yard at 2240 141st St in Blue Island trades as Lopez Metal Recycling and buys scrap from individuals and companies alike. Its buying list covers copper, brass, aluminum, steel, and stainless steel, plus pipe and tube, electric wire, car parts, batteries, appliances, and electronics including computers, laptops, tablets, and phones. The yard refuses asbestos, refrigerants, magnesium, radioactive materials, oil-filled items, PCBs, mercury-containing items, glass, and pressurized tanks. It serves Cook County in Illinois, Lake County in Indiana, and neighborhoods across Chicago, opens seven days a week, and runs its website in English and Spanish.
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Central Metal Recycling
5618 W. Fillmore Street
773-345-8610
Central Metal Recycling is a family-owned scrap yard on Chicago's West Side, on Fillmore Street at Central Avenue between I-290 and Roosevelt Road, buying from residents, contractors, and professional scrappers since 2010. A certified 60-foot truck scale handles every truck size, a material handler grapple unloads oversized loads, and indoor non-ferrous buy stations shorten waits. Each load gets an itemized receipt with grading, weights, and prices, and payment is cash on the spot with no appointment. The yard buys all ferrous grades, aluminum (cast, extrusion, sheet, cans, rims), bare bright, #1, and #2 copper, insulated copper wire, brass, 304 and 316 stainless steel, auto batteries, and e-scrap such as computers, circuit boards, and wire harnesses.
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Batteries Plus (Elgin)
352 S Randall Rd.
(847) 289-8990
Batteries Plus store on South Randall Road that collects batteries and compact fluorescent bulbs for recycling. Call the store for accepted battery types and pricing.
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Bluff City Metal Recycling
980 Bluff City Blvd.
(847) 742-4600
Mon-Fri 6am-6pm; Sat 6am-5pm; Sun 8am-noon
Bluff City Metal Recycling buys ferrous and non-ferrous scrap at 980 Bluff City Boulevard in Elgin, just off Highway 20. The family-owned yard has recycled for over 15 years and works with industrial accounts, commercial customers, contractors, job sites, and residential sellers. Steel, iron, appliances, aluminum wheels and cans, radiators, copper, brass, insulated wire, stainless steel, electric motors, auto batteries, soft lead, starters, and alternators are all on the buy list. Heavy machinery unloads any size haul, and the onsite truck scale is certified by the State of Illinois. Scales are calibrated quarterly. The yard opens Monday through Friday from 7 AM to 6 PM, Saturday from 7 AM to 5 PM, and Sunday from 8 AM to noon. Pickup service is available.
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Elgin Township Battery Drop-Off Bin
725 S. McLean Blvd.
(847) 741-4637
Elgin Township collects dry-cell batteries at its Highway Garage on South McLean Boulevard, one of four township drop-off points in the battery recycling program. The other three sit at the Pingree Grove, Big Timber, and South Elgin fire district stations. The program has collected more than 320,000 pounds of batteries from township residents. The bin takes AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt, hearing aid, and computer batteries, plus cells from radios, flashlights, toys, power tools, cameras, and cell phones. Batteries go in loose, with no bags or containers, and every lithium battery and every battery with top terminals needs clear tape over the terminals. Car, boat, and motorcycle wet-cell batteries are refused.
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Home Depot Battery and CFL Recycling (Randall Road, Elgin)
955 N Randall Rd.
(847) 622-9441
Home Depot on North Randall Road with a Call2Recycle bin for rechargeable batteries and a collection point for used CFL bulbs.
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Sims Metal
3700 Runge St
847-455-8800
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Solid Waste Agency of Lake County Household Chemical Waste Facility
1311 N. Estes Street
(847) 377-4950
By appointment only on several Saturdays each month
The Solid Waste Agency of Lake County runs a household chemical waste drop-off at its Gurnee facility, 1311 N. Estes Street, for residential waste only. Business, commercial, and institutional waste is turned away. Every drop-off needs an appointment, and the year-round program collects twice a month except in December. Mobile collection events in April through October visit other Lake County locations, with appointments opening within 45 days of each event. The program takes acids, aerosols, architectural paints and stains, solvents, pesticides and herbicides, motor oil, antifreeze, fluorescent lamps, mercury items, pool chemicals, and alkaline and rechargeable batteries. It refuses pharmaceuticals, tires, household electronics, ammunition, fireworks, and automotive batteries, and caps loads at 20 gallons per waste type in containers no larger than 5 gallons.
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Schaumburg Engineering and Public Works Drop-Off
714 S. Plum Grove Road
Mon to Fri 8 am to 5 pm
The Village of Schaumburg Engineering and Public Works building on Plum Grove Road has a lobby receptacle for CFL bulbs, cell phones, and household batteries. It also takes holiday lights and copper wire with Elgin Recycling on weekdays.
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