CU-Boulder's Environmental Health & Safety department accepts sealed and non-leaking recharchageable batteries and batteries from pagers, cell phones, laptops, etc. from University operations. Alkaline batteries from campus departments can now also be recycled through their program.
Any/all small sealed battery types are acepted in EHS campus battery collection containers, including: alkaline batteries, rechargeable batteries, lithium cells, nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid, button-cell, cell-phone batteries, laptop batteries, etc. Here is a table of battery collection sites on campus:
Main Campus East Campus
UMC | 1st floor near bathrooms, west of Starbucks | RL-3 (ARCE) | Inside the North entrance |
Norlin Library | East Entrance | RL-2 | Near recycling bins by the dock |
Regent Administrative Center | 1st floor, East lobby | Housing Maintenance (HMSC) | Near the service desk |
Campus Police & Parking Services | Lobby | Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology | Inside Chemistry Stores |
Stadium | Facilities Management Service Desk | SEEC | East receiving dock |
Engineering Center | 1st floor, Main entrance | Distribution Center | Opposite service desk |
Wolf Law | 3rd floor, Dean’s suite | LASP | 1st floor hallway |
Duane Physics | 1st floor lobby, Gamov Tower | Space Science | In entry, near reception |
Center for Community (C4C) | 1st floor near elevators | Transportation | Past service office, left side |
Environmental Health & Safety | 2nd floor copier room | ||
Leeds Business | 3rd floor Technology Center | ||
Ramaley Biology | West wing, admin office | ||
Porter | 2nd level, next to elevators |
Do you want to help even further? Please apply tape to all battery terminals or place each battery separately into a plastic baggie to prevent short circuits while in transit to the recycling facility. The university recycles all battery types.
For additional information about battery recycling, please call EHS at 303-492-7845
.