Can you recycle hearing aids?
🔄 Specialist take-back
Return to audiologists/hearing charities for refurbishment — contains a battery, so never any bin.
Hearing aid charities and most audiology clinics take old hearing aids for refurbishment and parts. They contain button batteries so they must never go in household bins.
Tips
- NHS aids can be returned to any NHS audiology department
Which bin does it go in?
Return to audiologists/hearing charities for refurbishment — contains a battery, so never any bin.
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✓ Checked against current UK guidance: 14 Jul 2026. Spot an error or an out-of-date rule?