Batteries are essential to our portable lifestyle. Cars, phones, music, cameras and even our daily planners make our lives convenient and instant because of power supplied by batteries. As we continue to enhance our lives with portable amenities, battery disposal is becoming an environmental challenge. A number of local programs are available to County residents to reduce battery waste.

Automotive and Lead Acid batteries - lead-acid vehicle and marine batteries can be taken to a business that sells them, usually for a small fee.

Rechargeable batteries--Nickel Cadmium, Nickel Metal Hydride, Lithium, small sealed lead (up to 2 lbs), and button batteries--can be brought to the Planning and Zoning Department at the St Croix County Government Center in Hudson anytime during the year or brought to the Clean Sweep Hazardous Waste Collection. Also call 1-800-8-BATTERY for a collection site near you.