Hybrid Electric Traction Battery Recycling Program

Our Hybrid Electric traction battery recycling process was in place before the launch of first-generation Prius in Australia in 2001.

The diversion rate from landfill is in excess of 98%, with all toxic elements diverted from landfill for Hybrid Electric traction batteries.

Yes, if a Hybrid Electric traction battery is damaged, an EPA-approved sealed container is used to transport it to the recycler. Contact your nearest Toyota Dealer to arrange damaged battery collection.

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia pays for the recovery (transport) and recycling of the Hybrid Electric traction battery once delivered to a Toyota Dealer.

Yes, Toyota Dealers can recover Toyota Hybrid Electric traction batteries for recycling. There are over 275 Toyota Dealers in Australia.

It is recommended that only trained Toyota Hybrid Electric Vehicle technicians remove the Hybrid Electric traction battery.

No, as the Hybrid Electric traction battery will be replaced at no cost to the customer.

Hybrid Electric technology is important to Toyota's global strategy towards more sustainable transport. Toyota launched this initiative as a means of promoting and reinforcing recycling in response to global resource limitations.

There is a $100 cash rebate for Hybrid Electric traction batteries which are no longer functional or an exchange discount of $500 off the purchase of a replacement Hybrid Electric traction battery.

The $100 cash rebate will be provided when the customer returns the Hybrid Electric traction battery to a Toyota Dealer Service Department. The $500 discount is deducted from the purchase price when the replacement Hybrid Electric traction battery is purchased and the original Hybrid Electric traction battery is provided at the point of sale.

No. The $100 cash rebate only applies when a customer surrenders a Hybrid Electric traction battery at a Toyota Dealer Service Department. The $500 discount only applies when a customer purchases a new Hybrid Electric traction battery and at the same time, the original Hybrid Electric traction battery is surrendered.

No. To be eligible for a rebate, customers must take the Toyota Hybrid Electric traction battery to a Toyota dealership, or the Lexus Hybrid Electric traction battery to a Lexus dealership.

Toyota Australia is communicating the Hybrid Electric traction Battery Recycling Program to the industries via independent workshops, panel shops and auto recyclers via industry associations, trade publications and industry websites. In addition, all Toyota HEV models from 2012 onwards have a label fitted to or near the Hybrid Electric traction battery regarding recycling and rebate information.

Toyota Australia publishes an annual sustainability report which is designed to deliver more transparency about our environmental performance efforts across the vehicle lifecycle. Read our most recent Sustainability Report here.