How to get rid of old batteries

Blockhouse Valley Center. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 423-447-6855

Not posted. Call 865-268-3238

Bradley County Landfill. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 423-562-1811

Not posted. Call 423-543-6626

Tazewell Center or Sunnyside Center. Free for county residents.

Not posted. Call 423-623-6498

Cumberland County Recycling Center. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 865-828-4881

Any of the 17 convenience centers. Fee not posted.

Rechargeable batteries go to any of the county’s five recycling centers. The City of Chattanooga’s hazardous waste facility takes wet-cell (car) and dry-cell batteries.

Car batteries go to any Hawkins County convenience center except Lakemont, or to the Recycling Center. The county doesn’t say where other batteries go.

Not posted. Call 865-397-3544

Not posted. Call 423-727-6921

Car batteries and rechargeable batteries go in the battery areas at any convenience center. Regular alkaline batteries can go in your household trash.

Any of the three convenience centers. Fee not posted.

Car, truck, motorcycle, and boat batteries go to the McMinn County Landfill or the Athens Recycling Center. The Athens center doesn’t take alkaline or button batteries.

Not posted. Call 423-334-5850

Not posted. Call 423-442-2497

Not posted. Call 423-346-7487

Not posted. Call 423-338-4527

Not posted. Call 865-590-7779

The Scott County Recycling Center takes car batteries. The county doesn’t post where other batteries go.

Car and rechargeable batteries go to the county’s household hazardous waste facility at Center View. It doesn’t take alkaline batteries.

Kingsport Transfer Station or Bristol Transfer Station. Fee not posted. Limit: as space allows.

Not posted. Call 865-992-2666

Most Washington County convenience centers take car batteries. The county asks you to call the center before you go, and doesn’t mention other batteries.

Any of the eight convenience centers. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 931-723-5139

Car batteries and rechargeable batteries go to the East or Ezell Pike Convenience Center with household hazardous waste. The Omohundro center takes rechargeable batteries with electronics.

Not posted. Call 615-446-0019

Any of the nine convenience centers. Free.

Car batteries go in the battery container at any convenience center or the transfer station; see the attendant. Rechargeable batteries go to the Bi-County Landfill, and alkaline batteries can go in the trash.

Car batteries go to the recycling center at the transfer station. Rechargeable batteries go to the household hazardous waste facility, which doesn’t take alkaline or car batteries.

Robertson County Transfer Station and Recycling Center. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 615-898-7739

Resource Authority Recycle Convenience Center. $70 a ton.

The Resource Authority’s rate list charges $73 a ton for electronics. Its recycling page says batteries and electronic waste are $70 a ton.

Car batteries go to the Landfill Convenience Center. Williamson County doesn’t post where household batteries go.

Any of the seven convenience centers. Fee not posted.

Madison County’s drop-off sheet lists auto parts stores and service shops in Jackson that take used motor oil, car batteries, and antifreeze; the convenience centers don’t post taking them.

Not posted. Call 901-222-7729

Tipton County Recycling Center. Fee not posted. Limit: lead-acid batteries only, not alkaline or lithium.