Where can I find awareness-raising tools?
Click here to visit our resource center, where you'll find educational factsheets and videos on battery recycling, games for children, and an icon library where you can download visuals.
Are used alkaline and salt batteries hazardous waste?
Alkaline and saline stick batteries, the most widely sold and the most common in our collections, are not classified as hazardous waste by the European Union. In fact, they have been free of metals such as lead and mercury for 20 years. They are not considered hazardous under normal use.
What products can be made from recycled batteries?
Batteries and cells use materials such as zinc, manganese, nickel, cadmium, iron, cobalt, lead, etc. to make them work.
Thanks to recycling, these materials are recovered and used to manufacture new metal objects for everyday use, such as keys, plumbing parts, automotive or aeronautical metal parts, or even new batteries!
In this way, recycling helps to preserve natural resources: by reusing recycled materials, it is no longer necessary to extract raw materials from our planet.
Are all the materials contained in batteries recycled?
100% of the portable batteries and accumulators collected by Screlec-Batribox are recycled in specialized treatment centers in France. Up to 73% of the materials contained in this waste are now recycled in treatment centers (source ADEME).
Where should I dispose of my used batteries?
Nearly 30,000 Batribox collection points are available throughout France. Stores, offices, waste collection centers, schools, town halls - drop off your batteries in the special Batribox-marked collection bins.
Click here to find your nearest collection point!
What used batteries can I collect?
Screlec-Batribox collects and recycles all categories of batteries (saline, alkaline, zinc-air button, lithium) and portable batteries (lead, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, lithium-ion, lithium-polymer), excluding automotive starter batteries and industrial batteries.
Please note that Screlec-Batribox does not accept the following types of waste: Lamps and light bulbs, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), ink cartridges, electric bicycle batteries, plastic bags and other household waste.
Sort and drop off your used batteries at one of our Batribox collection points. 30,000 Batribox collection points in France, find the one nearest you here!
What happens to the batteries collected by Batribox?
Once collected, batteries are grouped, weighed and sorted according to their composition.
Once sorted, the batteries are then recycled: the raw materials from this waste are extracted to manufacture other consumer goods. It's a new transformation.
To find out more, take a look at our cartoon"What happens to my used batteries?
How are battery collection and recycling financed?
It's free for the user and free for the collection point. The collection and recycling of used batteries is handled by Screlec-Batribox, a non-profit, government-approved eco-organization.
Its operations are financed by annual eco-contributions from Screlec-Batribox members (manufacturers, distributors, incorporators and marketers of batteries). This eco-contribution is calculated according to the weight and quantities placed on the market each year by members.
Why recycle batteries?
Certain metals contained in used batteries can harm our environment and our health if they are not recovered and properly treated. When used batteries are not sorted, they risk being landfilled or incinerated. The metals and chemical compounds they contain can then pollute the environment.
On the other hand, if they are recycled, the metals extracted will constitute the raw material needed to manufacture new everyday objects or new batteries.
Recycling is a guarantee that the metals recovered will be integrated into a local supply chain that is more respectful of the environment.
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