R&D Batteries is licensed by the Environmental Management Department of Dakota County within the State of Minnesota as a Hazardous Waste Generator. Therefore, we are able to process your exhausted Nickel Cadmium and Sealed Lead Acid batteries for proper disposal.

Other types of batteries including Alkaline, Carbon Zinc, Lithium, and Silver Oxide may be typically disposed of through your local waste management system, thereby considered by most municipalities as non-hazardous material.

If you find the need to process your exhausted Nickel Cadmium, Nickel-Metal Hydride, or Sealed Lead Acid batteries through a licensed facility such as ours, please safely package the product and deliver to us freight prepaid to our receiving dock at: