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Loose and car batteries

Also covers: aa batteries, car battery, lithium battery, power bank

They say no Refused by all 2 charities that directly name or broadly cover it (2 direct).

Why shops refuse it

Fire risk in storage — especially lithium cells.

What to do instead

Every supermarket has a battery bin; garages and councils take car batteries.

Charity by charity

Can't accept Sue Ryder source ↗ · verified 10 Jul 2026
Not accepted even in original, sealed packaging.

Their wording

“batteries (even if in original, sealed packaging)”
Can't accept Willen Hospice source ↗ · verified 10 Jul 2026

Their wording

“Batteries”

Not mentioned in 42 charities' guidance

Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.

Not mentioned Acorns Children's Hospice
Not mentioned Age UK
Not mentioned Barnardo's
Not mentioned British Heart Foundation
Not mentioned British Red Cross
Not mentioned Cancer Research UK
Not mentioned Claire House Children's Hospice
Not mentioned Cornwall Hospice Care
Not mentioned Crisis
Not mentioned DEBRA
Not mentioned Dogs Trust
Not mentioned Dorothy House
Not mentioned Emmaus
Not mentioned FARA Charity Shops
Not mentioned Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
Not mentioned Keech Hospice Care
Not mentioned LOROS Hospice
Not mentioned Marie Curie
Not mentioned Octavia Foundation
Not mentioned Overgate Hospice
Not mentioned Oxfam
Not mentioned PDSA
Not mentioned Phyllis Tuckwell
Not mentioned Princess Alice Hospice
Not mentioned Salvation Army (SATCoL)
Not mentioned Samaritans
Not mentioned Save the Children
Not mentioned Scope
Not mentioned Sense Scotland
Not mentioned Shaw Trust
Not mentioned Shelter
Not mentioned St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
Not mentioned St Christopher's Hospice
Not mentioned St Giles Hospice
Not mentioned St Peter's Hospice
Not mentioned St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
Not mentioned The Children's Trust
Not mentioned Traid
Not mentioned Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
Not mentioned Wales Air Ambulance
Not mentioned Woodgreen Pets Charity
Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)