Battery Recycling & Disposal for Businesses
Batteries are the part of an IT clearance most companies aren’t set up to handle — they can’t go in general waste, most recyclers won’t touch them, and the rules differ by chemistry. CITD provides certified battery recycling and disposal for businesses, schools, universities and public sector organisations across England, Scotland and Wales: from a single UPS unit to full server-room battery banks and bulk industrial quantities, processed at our Environment Agency licensed facility with up to 100% material recovery — achieved on most battery types we handle.
Accreditation
ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015 certified (Citation, certificate no. 336722020, valid to 2029), Cyber Essentials Plus, ICO registered (ZA246798) and fully UK GDPR compliant. Data erasure with Blancco, ADISA-certified software. Environment Agency licensed — Upper Tier Waste Carrier CBDU457411, Waste Storage Licence WEX476602 — with all staff BS 7858:2019 security vetted.
Certificates available on our licenses page or on request.
What We Recycle
We can handle most battery chemistry types. Not sure whether yours qualifies? Send us the details — chemistry, size and quantity if you know them, a photo if you don’t — and we’ll confirm before you book.
Server Rooms, Data Centres and UPS Replacement
Battery replacement is routine maintenance for any server room — but the old string doesn’t disappear on its own. We remove and recycle complete UPS battery sets during your maintenance window, with out-of-hours and weekend scheduling available, and we regularly clear battery banks as part of full data centre decommissioning projects. If you’re replacing like-for-like, we can schedule collection to coincide with your installer’s visit, so old batteries never sit on site. School and university estates run on the same maintenance cycles — for education clients we can schedule battery and UPS collections into holiday periods, with purchase orders accepted.
Decommissioning more than batteries? See our data centre decommissioning service
Safe Handling, Full Compliance
Batteries — lithium chemistries especially — need proper handling in storage and transit. Our teams collect using our own vehicles and trained, BS 7858-vetted staff, with batteries segregated by chemistry and packaged for safe transport. Everything is processed at our Environment Agency licensed facility (Upper Tier Waste Carrier CBDU457411), and you receive a waste transfer note and disposal certificate for your compliance records — plus an Environmental Impact / ESG Report on request showing exactly what was recovered.
What Happens to Your Batteries
In most cases, 100% of the material is recovered: metals return to manufacturing, and recovered materials re-enter the supply chain rather than landfill — consistent with our policy that nothing we collect goes to landfill.
Frequently Asked Questions
Old batteries piling up in the server room?
UPS systems, lithium packs, lead-acid banks and mixed batteries — collected by our own vetted team, recycled at our licensed facility.
Book a Collection
Please fill in the below form and Book your Collection.