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Title: City of Spokane


1
City of Spokanes Battery Collection Program
  • Scott K. Windsor
  • City of Spokane Solid Waste Dept.
  • swindsor_at_spokanecity.org

2
Background
  • 1990
  • City of Spokane begins collection of household
    batteries in order to divert mercury and other
    heavy metals from the waste stream.

3
Collection Means
  • Curbside Pickup
  • Transfer Station Drop off
  • Commercial collection centers serviced by system
    personnel
  • First year 21 tons collected

4
Curbside collection
  • Place batteries in plastic bags and put into your
    recycling bin
  • Will pick up auto batteries as well as other
    household batteries

5
Transfer Stations
  • Accept batteries from both household and SQG
    sources as long as batteries our household in
    nature
  • Batteries placed in recycling bin for
    transportation to battery sorting area

6
Commercial sources
  • Accept household batteries from local businesses
    that accept them from their customers.
  • We pick up and transport
  • No fee

7
2004
  • Over 88 tons of household batteries were
    collected in addition to over 90 tons of auto
    batteries
  • 400 growth in the last 14 years.

8
Types of household batteries
  • Alkaline
  • Ni-Cd
  • Ni-MH
  • Li-Ion
  • Sealed lead acid
  • Other- button cell, Carbonaire, etc

9
Management of waste stream
  • Alkaline batteries
  • Recycle?
  • Landfill

10
Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, Li-Ion
  • Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC)
  • www.rbrc.org
  • Will pay both shipping and recycling costs
  • Successful example of Product stewardship

11
Sealed Lead Acid
  • RBRC will accept
  • Local Auto Battery recycler
  • Interstate Batteries
  • Auto batteries, sealed lead acid
  • Receive funds for auto batteries
  • Sulfuric acid recycling as well

12
Mercury containing batteries
  • Button cell
  • Long life Smoke detectors
  • Other long life applications
  • Sent out for retorting

13
Batteries you dont want
  • Liquid Ni-Cd
  • Carbon-aire
  • Tend to be Military or Health care related
  • Household Storage devices
  • Hazardous waste disposal

14
Packing
  • New or reconditioned drums
  • Fiber drums
  • Cardboard boxes
  • Drums good for about 500-550 lbs.
  • ¾ full

15
Cardboard box
  • One cubic yard box
  • Pricing is about 1 ½ times a reconditioned drum
  • Holds equivalent of 4 drums worth of batteries
  • Has inner liner

16
Packing
  • No matter the final container for disposal, about
    1/3 to ¼ final volume needs to be taken up with
    packing material

17
Sorting and segregating
  • Local low security prison provides work crew to
    sort batteries
  • Place batteries into disposal container
  • Also provide litter control for system

18
Summary
  • The Energizer bunny isnt laughing at you sorting
    batteries, hes laughing with you
  • An effective battery collection program can be
    run on a low budget thanks to options that are
    now available
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