These are batteries typically found in toys, flashlights, TV remote controls, cameras, hearing aids, watches and calculators. Batteries that are rechargeable may be returned to the store where they were purchased. In addition to the drop off at the Recycling Center, the BCUA Household Hazardous waste Collection Days will accept non-rechargeable household batteries and other hazardous waste materials. Putting items out for collection or dropping them off at a local recycling center is only the first step in the process. From the recycling center, the recyclables are then brought to the recycling market, where they are packaged up for export to manufacturers.
Manufacturers then use the recyclables to make new products - recycling's second step.
There's no limit to the things that can be made from recyclables. Recycled tires are turned into garden hoses. Plastic bottles and milk jugs return as plant pots, plastic lumber, can liners, lawn furniture and picnic tables. Steel food cans return to the hardware store as nails and screws. Newspapers become egg cartons.