Car Batteries
Car Battery Recycling in the Holroyd City Council area
Used car batteries, as well as other used lead-acid batteries are hazardous waste and should be disposed of appropriately through recycling programs. Lead-acid batteries also include batteries in motorcycles, boats, emergency lighting and air conditioners.
A national network of Battery Recycling Centres has been established by Century Yuasa for environmentally responsible collection and recycling of used lead-acid batteries.
Most car workshops, scrap metal dealers and service stations will accept used car batteries for recycling. Check with your car battery vendor when purchasing a new battery.
Some states and councils provide Household Hazardous Waste or Chemical Collection programs that take used lead acid batteries for recycling.
Many garages will recycle you old car battery when they replace it. Many transfer station/waste management centres take also vehicle batteries. Find if there is a drop off location near you collecting vehicle batteries.
The recycling drop-off locations near you include:
Super Cheap Auto Wentworthville
327 329 Great Western Highway
South Wentworthville NSW 2145
Phone: 02 9896 0166
Battery World Blacktown
55 Richmond Road
Blacktown NSW 2148
Repco Auto Parts Blacktown
84 Sunnyholt Road
Blacktown NSW 2148
Super Cheap Auto Blacktown
71 Richmond Road
Blacktown NSW 2148
Phone: 02 9676 1444
Repco Auto Parts North Paramatta
Unit 5, 2 Windsor Road
North Parramatta NSW 2151
Super Cheap Auto North Parramatta
Shop 4, The Junction Centre, 2 Windsor Road
North Parramatta NSW 2151
Phone: 02 9638 4188
Repco Auto Parts Smithfield
16 Smithfield Road N073
Smithfield NSW 2164
Super Cheap Auto Wetherill Park
10a/1183 The Horsley Drive
Wetherill Park NSW 2164
Phone: 02 9604 9622
About Car Batteries
- Used car batteries and other lead acid batteries contain lead, lead compounds, and/or sulphuric acid, all of which are hazardous. Seventy thousand tonnes of lead-acid batteries are finished with each year, and they are 98% recyclable.
Importance of Recycling Car Batteries
- Each car battery contains around 2-3 litres of sulfuric acid, as well as lead, and lead compounds, all of which are toxic.
- Car batteries can be re-conditioned or recycled into new products made from the lead, sulphuric acid and polypropylene. Recycling of these batteries uses less energy than refining primary ore and removes lead from the environment.
Further Information
- Car Batteries can be recycled into a range of products from plant pots, to laundry detergents and new batteries.
- See Planet Ark's Car Battery Recycling Factsheet for further information on lead acid battery composition and recycling.
- Recycle My Battery
- Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment and Heritage
