Universal Waste and Non-Hazardous are the two catagories for battery disposal.  Universal Waste batteries are hazardous and need to be picked up by EH&S.  A request for pick-up should be done online.  Enter the information as if the batteries to be picked up are hazardous chemicals with the Volume heading acting as the field where to put the number of batteries and the Chemical heading acting as the field to specifically type "Battery Pickup".  EH&S will arrange for disposal from that point. 

Non-Hazardous batteries may be placed in the regular trash.

Below is a list of important descriptive information (in parenthesis) that will help in identifying batteries.

Hazardous waste batteries, also known as universal waste batteries, include:
1. lead-acid batteries
2. nickel-cadmium batteries; labeled Ni-Cd
3. silver-oxide batteries
4. mercury oxide (mercuric oxide) batteries; marked with a symbol that is a inside of a circle
5. lithium batteries greater than 9 volts; often labeled Li or CR
6. Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)

Non-hazardous batteries that go straight to the regular trash (or to a recycle project box if available) include:
1. alkaline batteries
2. zinc-air batteries
3. zinc-carbon (carbon-zinc) batteries; often labeled General Purpose, Heavy Duty, or Classic
4. nickel metal hydride batteries; labeled NiMH
5. lithium ion batteries; labeled Li-ion
6. lithium batteries less than or equal to 9 volts; often labeled Li or CR

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Contact Terry Capone for any questions X58345