Materials we buy
Batteries
All types of batteries, from sealed lead-acid strings pulled from cell tower sites to industrial and consumer batteries, handled under proper containment with the documentation your compliance team needs.
- Weighed on
- Certified scales
- Class
- Non-ferrous
Forms we accept
What counts as batteries
- Sealed lead-acid (VRLA) strings
- Flooded lead-acid cells
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride
- Alkaline and consumer batteries
- Forklift and industrial batteries
- Telecom back-up battery banks
- Rectifier and power-plant scrap
- Copper bus bar and cabling
Industries we collect it from
- Telecom carriers and tower owners
- Wireless infrastructure contractors
- Data centers
- Utilities
- Manufacturing and warehousing
How we collect it
The container decides the grade.
Material that gets mixed on the floor cannot be un-mixed at the scale. Placing the right container at the point of generation is the single highest-return change most facilities make.
Self-dumping hoppers
Forklift-handled hoppers that empty into a larger container without manual handling.
4x4 Gaylord boxes & pallets
Corrugated bulk boxes for clean, high-value non-ferrous right at the machine.
IBC totes
Contained handling for turnings, borings and fines.
55-gallon drums
Point-of-generation separation for small, high-value streams.
Specialized containers
Custom metal bins built to your footprint, weight and process. Special order.
Questions
Batteries — the questions we get
- Does Custom Recycling buy batteries scrap?
- Yes. We buy batteries from industrial and commercial accounts across the Carolinas, including sealed lead-acid (vrla) strings, flooded lead-acid cells, lithium-ion batteries, nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride. Material is weighed on certified scales and graded before settlement.
- Which industries do you collect batteries from?
- Most commonly telecom carriers and tower owners, wireless infrastructure contractors, data centers, utilities, manufacturing and warehousing. If your process generates it as a by-product, there is almost certainly a container configuration that captures it cleanly.
- Can you handle the compliance paperwork on battery removals?
- Yes. Batteries of every type come out under proper containment and you receive documentation for your compliance file. For tower sites, tell us the site count and battery configuration and we will scope the collection around your schedule.
Generating batteries? Let us look at it.
A free site visit, an honest grade, and a container plan that keeps this stream out of the mixed pile.