Lane County Waste Management offers free recycling of lithium batteries at all transfer stations.

Lithium batteries are compact, lightweight batteries that hold considerable charge and fare well under constant discharge-recharge conditions. The batteries are found everywhere—in laptop computers, cameras, cell phones, and electric cars.

Contained inside the batteries is a flammable electrolyte, this helps keep your laptop or cell phone charged, but when put under the right (or wrong) conditions, batteries can ignite and create fires. This poses serious risks to garbage haulers, processing facilities and our local landfill!

Lithium batteries are dangerous and do not go into the garbage. Keep electronics and rechargeable batteries out of the landfill!