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Battery Recycling in Garden City, KS

Garden City's household hazardous waste facility takes batteries, free for Finney County residents ($2 per car battery for others).

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Checked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check

2 ways to get rid of a battery in Garden City

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  2. Garden City Household Hazardous Waste FacilityDrop-off · 206 Isabel Avenue, Garden CityOpen to everyoneFree
    Where

    206 Isabel Avenue
    Garden City, KS 67846

    Hours

    Apr-Sep: Thu noon-7 p.m. and first Saturday 8 a.m.-noon; Oct-Mar by appointment

    Cost & rules

    Batteries

    AcceptedFree (documented)
    Fees for batteries
    Car battery, non-Finney County residents$2.00 each
    • Free for Finney County residents; others pay $2 per car battery.
    • Apr-Sep: Thursdays noon-7 p.m. and first Saturday 8 a.m.-noon; Oct-Mar by appointment (620-276-1278).

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Before you go

  1. Tape the terminals of lithium and rechargeable batteries before transport.
  2. Keep damaged, swollen or leaking batteries separate and tell the operator.
  3. Ask which battery types are accepted; car batteries often go somewhere different.
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Kansas rules

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Where this information comes from

Checked October 26, 2026

  • Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab) · City of Garden City
    • Open April 1-September 30 on Thursdays noon-7 p.m. and the first Saturday 8 a.m.-noon; October-March by appointment only. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • The facility accepts waste from Finney County residential customers at no charge; others pay fees, such as paint at $3 per gallon. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • The facility accepts batteries and automotive chemicals; non-county residents pay $2 per car battery. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
    • Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
    • KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
    • Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Not every Kansas HHW program takes lithium-ion batteries: nine took none in SFY 2024. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KDHE: Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) Disposal (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
    • KDHE tells the public to contact their local household hazardous waste facility about recycling and safe disposal of lithium-ion batteries. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE says not to remove built-in rechargeable batteries; if a battery does not come out easily, recycle the whole device. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE says to tape battery terminals or bag each battery separately before storage or transport. Checked October 26, 2026.

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