Battery Recycling in Bossier City, LA
Household and car batteries go to Shreveport Green collections by appointment; battery retailers must take back lead-acid batteries.
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Before you go
- Tape the terminals of lithium and rechargeable batteries before transport.
- Keep damaged, swollen or leaking batteries separate and tell the operator.
- Ask which battery types are accepted; car batteries often go somewhere different.
Louisiana rules
- No one may knowingly put a lead acid battery in mixed solid waste or dispose of it except by delivering it to an automotive battery retailer or wholesaler, an authorized collection or recycling facility, or a permitted secondary lead smelter. Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2419: Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibition; scrap and scrap metal recycling, prohibited items (opens in new tab)
- The required store notice states that it is illegal to discard a motor vehicle battery or other lead acid battery. Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2420: Lead acid batteries; collection for recycling (opens in new tab)
More Louisiana rules (8)
- LDEQ names batteries among the household hazardous items collected at Household Hazardous Waste Days. Source: LDEQ: Hazardous Waste Permitting (Universal Waste Program, Household Hazardous Waste Days) (opens in new tab)
- Lead acid batteries may also go to a collection or recycling facility authorized under Louisiana law, or to an EPA-permitted secondary lead smelter. Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2419: Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibition; scrap and scrap metal recycling, prohibited items (opens in new tab)
- Automotive battery retailers may pass used lead acid batteries only to a wholesaler's agent, a battery manufacturer for smelting, or an authorized collection or recycling facility. Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2419: Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibition; scrap and scrap metal recycling, prohibited items (opens in new tab)
- LDEQ's Universal Waste Program covers common hazardous wastes such as batteries, mercury-containing equipment, fluorescent bulbs and consumer electronics. Source: LDEQ: Hazardous Waste Permitting (Universal Waste Program, Household Hazardous Waste Days) (opens in new tab)
- Household hazardous waste is collected at community Household Hazardous Waste Days, where people drop off items they should not put in the trash. Source: LDEQ: Hazardous Waste Permitting (Universal Waste Program, Household Hazardous Waste Days) (opens in new tab)
- Local entities that want to host a household hazardous waste day must submit a request to LDEQ. Source: LDEQ: Hazardous Waste Permitting (Universal Waste Program, Household Hazardous Waste Days) (opens in new tab)
- LDEQ gathers recycling information from cities and parishes and reports it to the Legislature; local governments run recycling. Source: LDEQ: Recycling (opens in new tab)
- Louisiana's Solid Waste Recycling and Reduction Law is La. R.S. 30:2411 through 2423. Source: LDEQ: Recycling (opens in new tab)
Where this information comes from (17)
Where this information comes from
Checked October 26, 2026
- Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab) · Shreveport Green
- Shreveport Green hosts 8 appointment-only HHW collection events each year for residents of Shreveport, Bossier City, and Caddo and Bossier Parishes. Checked October 26, 2026.
- A reservation is required. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Items from businesses and vehicles with trailers are not accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Household alkaline and NiCad batteries and automobile/marine batteries are accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Drop-Off Station (opens in new tab) · City of Bossier City
- Bossier City's Drop-Off Station takes no hazardous materials; they can go to Shreveport Green by appointment (318-219-1888). Checked October 26, 2026.
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2419: Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibition; scrap and scrap metal recycling, prohibited items (opens in new tab) · Louisiana State Legislature
- No one may knowingly put a lead acid battery in mixed solid waste or dispose of it except by delivering it to an automotive battery retailer or wholesaler, an authorized collection or recycling facility, or a permitted secondary lead smelter. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Lead acid batteries may also go to a collection or recycling facility authorized under Louisiana law, or to an EPA-permitted secondary lead smelter. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Automotive battery retailers may pass used lead acid batteries only to a wholesaler's agent, a battery manufacturer for smelting, or an authorized collection or recycling facility. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2420: Lead acid batteries; collection for recycling (opens in new tab) · Louisiana State Legislature
- Anyone selling lead acid batteries at retail must accept used lead acid batteries offered by customers at the point of transfer, at least as many as the new batteries bought. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Battery sellers must post a notice saying state law requires them to accept used motor vehicle and other lead acid batteries for recycling in exchange for new batteries purchased. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The required store notice states that it is illegal to discard a motor vehicle battery or other lead acid battery. Checked October 26, 2026.
- LDEQ: Hazardous Waste Permitting (Universal Waste Program, Household Hazardous Waste Days) (opens in new tab) · Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
- LDEQ's Universal Waste Program covers common hazardous wastes such as batteries, mercury-containing equipment, fluorescent bulbs and consumer electronics. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Household hazardous waste is collected at community Household Hazardous Waste Days, where people drop off items they should not put in the trash. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Local entities that want to host a household hazardous waste day must submit a request to LDEQ. Checked October 26, 2026.
- LDEQ names batteries among the household hazardous items collected at Household Hazardous Waste Days. Checked October 26, 2026.
- LDEQ: Recycling (opens in new tab) · Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
- LDEQ gathers recycling information from cities and parishes and reports it to the Legislature; local governments run recycling. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Louisiana's Solid Waste Recycling and Reduction Law is La. R.S. 30:2411 through 2423. Checked October 26, 2026.
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