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Battery Recycling in Emporia, KS

Car and household batteries are accepted at the Lyon County household hazardous waste facility, 3000 W. South Avenue; batteries do not go in Emporia recycling carts.

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Checked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check

2 ways to get rid of a battery in Emporia

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  1. CurbCycle PickupPickup from your home · EmporiaNo haulingWe recycle it for youFrom $75.00
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    Book online, set out your battery and we’ll pick it up and recycle it for you. You see your price before you book and pay only after pickup.

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  2. Lyon County Hazardous Waste Department (HHW facility)County service · Lyon CountyCost not listed
    How it works

    Lyon County household hazardous waste facility at 3000 W. South Avenue, Emporia (Census: unincorporated Emporia township, just west of the city), open Monday-Friday 8 am-4 pm; a Chase County satellite is at 202 Walnut, Cottonwood Falls. Takes paint, batteries, auto fluids and pesticides; electronics and computers by arrangement (old-style TVs $10). Limit 80 lb or 5 gal of liquids per household visit. Phone 620-340-6365.

    Cost & rules
    • Monday-Friday 8 am-4 pm; 80 lb or 5 gal of liquids per household visit unless arranged.

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Places that don’t take batteries (1)
  • City of Emporia recycling (Curbit! curbside carts and South Avenue Recycling Center) · Emporia

Before you go

  1. Tape the terminals of lithium and rechargeable batteries before transport.
  2. Keep damaged, swollen or leaking batteries separate and tell the operator.
  3. Ask which battery types are accepted; car batteries often go somewhere different.
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Kansas rules

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Where this information comes from

Checked October 26, 2026

  • Hazardous Waste Department (opens in new tab) · City of Emporia
    • Lyon County Hazardous Waste Department, 3000 W South Avenue; phone 340-6365; open Monday-Friday 8 am-4 pm. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Automotive batteries and household batteries are accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Household batteries are accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Each participant is limited to 80 pounds or 5 gallons of liquid waste per residential household visit unless arranged in advance. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program Contacts (PDF) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment
    • KDHE lists Lyon County's HHW contact at 3000 West South Avenue, Emporia 66801. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Curbit! (opens in new tab) · City of Emporia
    • Curbside single-stream recycling is offered to all single-family and multi-family units of four or fewer. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Larger apartments and residents outside city limits can use the drop centers at the South Avenue facility or Thursday noon-Friday noon at Dillons. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Yes & No Recycling Materials Lists (opens in new tab) · City of Emporia
    • Tires and batteries are on the No list for the recycling cart. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
    • Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
    • KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
    • Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Not every Kansas HHW program takes lithium-ion batteries: nine took none in SFY 2024. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KDHE: Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) Disposal (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
    • KDHE tells the public to contact their local household hazardous waste facility about recycling and safe disposal of lithium-ion batteries. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE says not to remove built-in rechargeable batteries; if a battery does not come out easily, recycle the whole device. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE says to tape battery terminals or bag each battery separately before storage or transport. Checked October 26, 2026.

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