Don’t bin it, bring it in and recycle when replacing your old batteries

Mitre 10 is committed to helping customers responsibly recycle batteries purchased from us. You can return used household batteries purchased from Mitre 10 only, to our participating stores for safe and proper disposal.

Please note: We do not accept damaged or modified batteries, vape batteries, solar batteries, e-waste (including computer batteries), or electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

Why is it important to recycle batteries?

Batteries don’t belong in the recycling bin or in your general waste bin. Rechargeable batteries and lithium-ion batteries (including laptops, mobile phones, power tools and cameras) are hazardous and can produce sparks that may start a fire in rubbish/recycling trucks or recycling facilities. As well as the safety risk, landfill disposal of batteries also poses an environmental risk of leakage and decay of hazardous materials.

Participating Stores

• Mitre 10 MEGA Silverdale - 35 Colin Chester Drive, Silverdale, Auckland
• Mitre 10 MEGA Glenfield - 15 Poland Road Wairau Valley, Auckland
• Mitre 10 MEGA Henderson - 186 Lincoln Road, Henderson, Auckland
• Mitre 10 MEGA Westgate - 95A Northside Drive Whenuapai, Westgate, Auckland
• Mitre 10 Onehunga – 1 Princes St, Onehunga, Auckland
• Mitre 10 MEGA Botany - 9 Bishop Dunn Place, Auckland
• Mitre 10 MEGA Cambridge - 1 Oliver Street, Cambridge
• Mitre 10 Morrinsville - 43 Moorhouse St, Morrinsville
• Mitre 10 MEGA Papanui - 54 Harewood Road, Papanui, Christchurch
• Mitre 10 MEGA Hornby - 370 Main South Rd, Hornby, Christchurch
• Mitre 10 MEGA Prestons - 390 Prestons Road, Marshland, Christchurch
• Mitre 10 Westport - 47-55 Palmerston Street, Westport
• Mitre 10 MEGA Queenstown - 46 Brookes Road, Frankton, Queenstown
• Mitre 10 Te Anau – 15 Milford Crescent, Te Aanu
• Mitre 10 MEGA Wanaka - 100 Sir Tim Wallis Drive, Wanaka
• Mitre 10 Gore - 15 Irwell Street, Gore
• Mitre 10 Winton - 91 Great North Road, Winton
• Mitre 10 Invercargill - 12 Elles Road Strathern, Invercargill
• Mitre 10 MEGA Whangarei - 46 Porowini Ave, Whangarei
• Mitre 10 MEGA Pukekohe - 12 Wrightson Way Pukekohe, Auckland
• Mitre 10 MEGA Ferrymead - 1005 Ferry Road Christchurch
• Mitre 10 MEGA Brougham Street - Cnr of Montreal and Brougham Streets, Sydenham, Christchurch

What types of batteries can be recycled?

• Mixed batteries
• Alkaline - primary (single use)
• Button cell batteries
• Lead acid batteries (ULAB)
• Lithium batteries - primary (single use)
• Li-Ion batteries - secondary (rechargeable)
• Nickel Cadmium (NiCd)
• Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH)
• Sodium Nickel Chloride (NaNiCl2)
• Rechargeable batteries
• Appliance and tool batteries

What about car batteries?

Yes. Our participating Mitre 10 stores can take your car battery. We ask that you tape the contacts and place to the side of the in-store recycling unit.

How much does the service cost?

Nothing, it’s a free service.

How does Mitre 10 work with its partners in this programme?

Mitre 10 works closely with our partner Phoenix Metalman Recycling, which manages the batteries to ensure we have a consistent process necessary for a safe and effective service to avoid landfill.

Phoenix Recycling Group collects batteries for recycling from our stores, sorts them by type and places them in appropriate container according to regulations. Most batteries are exported through an EPA permit. Batteries which can’t be recycled are managed through a New Zealand provider in hazardous waste landfill.

Phoenix are New Zealand’s leading battery and metal recycling company, recycling all chemistries of end-of-life batteries. They provide verified downstream solutions, which are essential for the safe and effective management of battery recycling, ensuring landfill is avoided wherever practically possible.

Phoenix Recycling Group collects batteries for recycling from our stores, sorts, segregates to chemistry and packages in accordance with IMDG (International Maritime Goods Code) ready for export under multiple specialised EPA approved hazardous waste licenses.

Summary of pathways:

Alkaline/Zinc, Lithium Ion, Lithiun Ion polymer, Nickel metal hydride, Lead Acid, Lithium Primary	Exported through EPA permit to verified recycling partners located in South Korea and Japan for resource recovery.
Any waste, damaged or rusty batteries	Damaged lithium batteries are managed in NZ and disposed safely in specialised hazardous wase landfills. Lightly damaged batteries are processed as above through EPA permits to South Korea and Japan for resource recovery.

Through the above pathways, dependent on chemistry – 60-98% of a battery will be recycled and avoid landfill. Recovered content is used for a variety of applications, such as;

• New Battery Materials
• New Alloy applications
• New stainless applications
• New plating applications

Phoenix Recycling Group has been desk audited on their pathway to ensure Mitre 10’s regulatory compliance. These pathways are reviewed annually.

For more information on Phoenix Recycling Group visit Innovative Battery Recycling Services | Phoenix Recycling

Desktop Audit

The purpose of the audit is to verify that established practices, procedures, and downward pathways are in place and effectively followed in accordance with the programme.

Phoenix Recycling underwent a desktop audit conducted by the Mitre 10 Sustainability team on 12th November 2025.

Other important information

Our programme is designed for residential qualities. Commercial qualities are governed as anything more than 20 batteries at one time. We ask our customers to respect this in the spirit of the programme.

Mitre 10 reserves the right to restrict or refuse the return of batteries for health and safety reasons, battery type and condition.

Mitre 10 is committed to making a real and sustainable impact on the environment, our operations, and in our communities. We will do this by conducting our activities and business operations with the highest standard of environmental care and providing easy sustainability solutions for our customers. Our battery recycling programme is one of many initiatives enabling this commitment.