Recycle By Mail

Waste Management’s Battery Recycling Kits enable businesses to collect and store batteries in a single, safe location and send the container back when it is full.

Additionally, participating in our battery-recycling program can help you meet LEED® certification standards and provide you with the Recycling Certificates needed to verify that your business has complied with local, state and federal regulations. 

How It Works:

Order the recycling kit online, fill the container, and ship it back. Once we have received the filled kit, we will email your Recycling Certificate that certifies compliance with federal and state universal waste regulations. The Recycling Certificate and related records will be available from your online account. Choose from the following kits:

Alkaline and Nickel Battery Recycling Kit

The Alkaline & Nickel Battery Recycling Kit provides a simple, convenient solution for dry-cell batteries that power small electronics used by businesses every day.

Acceptable Materials: Alkaline (AAA, AA, C, D 9 volt & lantern), Carbon Zinc, NiCd NiMH, Silver Oxide, Mercury atteries

Unacceptable Materials: Lithium, Lithium Ion, Lead Acid, damaged or leaking batteries

Lead Acid Disposal Container

The Lead Acid Battery Recycling Container is perfect for collecting small, sealed non-spill batteries such as uninterruptable power supply and exit signs batteries.

Unacceptable Materials: Lithium, Lithium Ion, NiCd, NiMh, Silver Oxide, Mercury, damaged or leaking batteries

Waste Management’s Medical Waste Disposal Containers provide medical professionals with an easy, affordable and safe solution for regulated medical waste disposal.

How it Works:

Order the recycling kit online, fill the box and ship it back. The Medical Waste Disposal Kits include government approved containers and a pre-paid mailing box to ship the contents to Waste Management Healthcare Solutions (WMHS) facilities for treatment and destruction. When the box is returned and we have disposed of the materials, we will provide you with a Certificate of Destruction online so you can easily keep track of your records. Choose from the following kits:

Sharps Disposal Kits

The Sharps Disposal Container is an affordable, easy and safe solution for disposal of syringes, lancets, pin needles, scalpel blades and other medical waste used in doctor’s offices, clinics, and public places.

Dental Waste Recycling Kits

The Dental Waste Recycling Container makes it easy for dental offices to handle and recycle hazardous waste such as dental amalgam, separator filters and lead foil in an environmentally safe way.

Mercury Recycling Kits

Waste Management offers a simple and affordable way to recycle your mercury-based products that can no longer go in landfills. Items such as thermostats and medical devices must be recycled in compliance with universal waste regulations and Waste Management’s Mercury Recycling Containers are your easy and convenient solution.

Waste Management’s Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Kits provide a simple, convenient solution for recycling fluorescent tubes, ballasts, and lamps used in offices, retail spaces and warehouses.

Additionally, participating in our fluorescent lamp recycling program can help you meet LEED® certification standards and provide you with the Recycling Certifications needed to verify that your business has complied with local, state and federal regulations.

How It Works:

Order the recycling kit online, fill the container, and ship it back. Once we have received the filled kit, we will email your Recycling Certificate that certifies compliance with federal and state universal waste regulations. The Recycling Certificate and related records will be available from your online account. Choose from the following kits:

• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Recycling Kit
• Fluorescent Lamps Recycling Kit
• Fluorescent Ballasts Recycling Kit
• HID Lamps
• Shielded Lamps
• Ubent Fluorescent Lamps
• UV Lamps

Single Stream Recycling Kit

Waste Management makes it easy for you to recycle cans, bottles, and paper through our business Recycle by Mail program.

Most electronics contain heavy metals that can be harmful to human health and the environment. With technology rapidly evolving in our increasingly digital age, outdated electronic devices are thrown away at an accelerating pace. Used electronics now account for 70% of the toxic waste found in landfills.

Legislation surrounding electronic waste is growing too. Waste Management’s Product Recovery Group (PRG) is committed to proper management of electronic waste. All nine PRG eCycling facilities hold these certifications:

• Basel Action Network (BAN) eStewards®
• R2: 2008
• RIOS: 2006
• ISO 9001:2008
• ISO 14001: 2004

These certifications demonstrate our adherence to stringent environmental, quality, worker safety and socially responsible practices when recovering and processing e-waste containing hazardous components. All collected electronic products and wastes are processed in the United States. Choose from the following recycling kits and programs:

Electronic Recycling Kits

The Electronics Recycling kits are suitable for virtually every type of electronic gadget from cell phones and notebooks to an old CRT.

eCycling Take-back Programs

The eCycling Take-back Programs give consumers a convenient way to recycle electronic products by dropping them off at designated WM eCycling Drop-Off Centers.

Waste Management Pays You To Recycle Your Old Electronics

Waste Management will pay you to sell your old electronics to us. The process is simple: receive a quote, ship your items with a prepaid shipping label, and get paid.