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Where each county we cover takes batteries, what it costs, and any limit it posts. Your county’s page has the hours and who can use each place.

Tennessee

East Tennessee

Middle Tennessee

  • Bedford County

    Any of the eight convenience centers. Fee not posted.

  • Coffee County

    Not posted. Call 931-723-5139

  • Davidson County

    Car batteries and rechargeable batteries go to the East or Ezell Pike Convenience Center with household hazardous waste. The Omohundro center takes rechargeable batteries with electronics.

  • Dickson County

    Not posted. Call 615-446-0019

  • Maury County

    Any of the nine convenience centers. Free.

  • Montgomery County

    Car batteries go in the battery container at any convenience center or the transfer station; see the attendant. Rechargeable batteries go to the Bi-County Landfill, and alkaline batteries can go in the trash.

  • Putnam County

    Car batteries go to the recycling center at the transfer station. Rechargeable batteries go to the household hazardous waste facility, which doesn’t take alkaline or car batteries.

  • Robertson County

    Robertson County Transfer Station and Recycling Center. Fee not posted.

  • Rutherford County

    Not posted. Call 615-898-7739

  • Sumner County

    Resource Authority Recycle Convenience Center. $70 a ton.

    The Resource Authority’s rate list charges $73 a ton for electronics. Its recycling page says batteries and electronic waste are $70 a ton.

  • Williamson County

    Car batteries go to the Landfill Convenience Center. Williamson County doesn’t post where household batteries go.

  • Wilson County

    Any of the seven convenience centers. Fee not posted.

West Tennessee

  • Madison County

    Madison County’s drop-off sheet lists auto parts stores and service shops in Jackson that take used motor oil, car batteries, and antifreeze; the convenience centers don’t post taking them.

  • Shelby County

    Not posted. Call 901-222-7729

  • Tipton County

    Tipton County Recycling Center. Fee not posted. Limit: lead-acid batteries only, not alkaline or lithium.

Not yet verified. Call ahead to confirm. Source checked Oct. 8, 2026.

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