Recycling Used Batteries

The Postal Service wants employees to use proper recycling procedures when discarding used batteries.

Most depleted batteries, including lithium-ion batteries used in Mobile Delivery Devices and other types of scanners, contain hazardous components and shouldn’t be thrown away in the trash.

Instead, the used batteries must be recycled through Cleanlites, the Postal Service’s universal waste management service contractor.

Cleanlites offers both mailback recycling recycling containers and direct pick-up services available through eBuy2. 

The Postal Service no longer uses the Mail Recovery Center in Atlanta and the Tampa Logistics and Distribution Center for recycling used batteries.