Lead-Acid Batteries
Lead-Acid Batteries (automobile batteries) contain hazardous as well as non-hazardous waste that can be recycled. Lead-Acid Batteries are forbidden to be placed in a landfill or incinerated. In fact it is mandatory that we completely recycle these batteries once we receive them.
Auto batteries consist of lead, sulfuric acid (both are hazardous), and plastic that is non-hazardous and easily recycled.
Pasco County has two locations to recycle Lead-Acid Batteries:
- Spring Hill on Hays Road off S.R. 52,
- and Dade City on Handcart Road off County Road 579 A
You can bring your auto batteries to these two locations,
regardless if you are a household or a business, free of charge.
These two facilities receive an average of 2,400 used batteries annually. All batteries received are sent to a battery smelter for total recycling.
Because auto batteries have the potential to contaminate the ground water and that lead is very highly toxic to humans (particularly children) and animals, we recommend that batteries be stored and handled properly at home as well as at your shop. Properly store used batteries until such time they can be brought to the County's facilities or picked up by your recycler (if you are a business owner).
We recommend that
Businesses are required to keep receipts of proper recycling. These receipts will have to be produce at the time of your facility inspection in order to prove proper disposal. County staff does not furnish any receipts of disposal. This is because the County facilities are designed primarily for households, and households are not required to have receipts. Business owners are advised to manage their materials on their own (make their own arrangements) so that they can document proper disposal as required by law.
For more information please contact the
Environmental & HazWaste Programs Coordinator,
(727) 847-8041.