Currently, there are two avenues for recycling silver-oxide batteries, the kind used in watches and clocks:

1. American Watchmaker and Clockmaker Institute Education, Library and Museum Trust (AWI) accepts donations of used batteries and enables retailers and watch manufacturers to write off the value of the silver content (by weight) for tax purposes. For further information, please contact: Gary Richards; toll-free phone 866-367-2924, ext 315; email- grichards@awi-net.org.
   
   
2. Waste management companies purchase silver-oxide batteries directly from retailer. Such recyclers include the following:

   Batt-tronic Corp.
   Battery Park
   Orangeburg, NY 10962
   800-431-2828

   Mercury Refining, LLC
   26 Railroad Avenue
   Albany, NY 12205
   518-459-0846
   800-833-3505
   fax: 518-459-2334

   J and J Metals
   1115 Whispering Heights Lane
   San Diego, CA 92121-4144
   858-453-3700

   Reme Recycling SRL
   17 Stockton Rd.
   New Brunswick, NJ 08901
   908-208-0395
   Orlando & Linda Vega

Asset Recovery Management
707 Erie Ave.
N. Tonawanda, NY 14120
800-694-7575
Mitchell Levine