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Battery Recycling in Hays, KS

The City of Hays sends batteries to the Ellis County Hazardous Waste Facility; call 785-628-9449.

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

2 ways to get rid of a battery in Hays

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  1. CurbCycle PickupPickup from your home · HaysNo 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. Ellis County household hazardous waste siteCounty service · Ellis CountyCost not listed
    How it works

    Ellis County's household hazardous waste drop-off, which the City of Hays calls the Ellis County Transfer Station / hazardous waste site. No street address is given on the city pages; call 785-628-9449 for location, hours and fees. Takes paint, aerosols, chemicals, vehicle oil and batteries.

    Cost & rules
    • Call 785-628-9449 for location and hours.

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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

  • Annual Fall Cleanup (opens in new tab) · City of Hays
    • Hays will not pick up tires, hazardous waste or batteries; tires go to the Ellis County Landfill and hazardous waste and batteries to the Ellis County Hazardous Waste Facility. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Recycling Program (opens in new tab) · City of Hays
    • Take all hazardous waste to the Ellis County hazardous waste site; call 785-628-9449 for details. 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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