ResQ Bin Host Profile

Furniture & Mattress Discounters, Chandler

Furniture & Mattress Discounters is a Chandler furniture and mattress destination serving local households looking for practical comfort, better sleep, and affordable home upgrades. It’s a strong ResQ host because it reaches the kind of everyday family traffic that makes battery recycling feel visible, convenient, and relevant to real home life.

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About This Host

Furniture & Mattress Discounters is publicly listed as a long-running Chandler furniture and mattress retailer offering accessible pricing, broad selection, and practical home solutions for local households. Public-facing descriptions consistently position the store around comfort, value, and helping customers furnish the spaces they live in every day.

That makes this location a natural fit for the ResQ network. People shopping for mattresses, living room furniture, and everyday home items are often the same people managing remotes, clocks, flashlights, toys, and other battery-powered products at home, which makes on-site battery recovery feel like a useful extension of normal household life.

Visit Information

Address
2994 N Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ 85224
Phone
(480) 899-7770
Hours
Monday–Saturday, 9:00 AM–9:00 PM · Sunday, 10:00 AM–7:00 PM
Website
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What To Recycle
Single-use alkaline household batteries only unless otherwise posted by ResQ.

Supporter Spotlight

This Chandler ResQ Bin location brings battery recovery into a household retail setting where convenience matters. It helps make responsible recycling easier for families already shopping for the products and spaces they use every day.

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EXPANSE REAL ESTATE TEAM

Expanse Real Estate Team is a dedicated real estate group based in Mesa, Arizona, proudly serving the Phoenix Metro Area with expert guidance for buying, selling, and investing in homes. With over 20 years of combined experience, the team—affiliated with Delex Realty—helps clients navigate the local market to find the perfect solutions for their real estate needs. Focused on community-driven service in areas like Mesa, Phoenix, and surrounding Valley cities, they're passionate about making homeownership seamless and rewarding. We're proud to spotlight Expanse Real Estate Team as a supporter of the ResQ Mission, partnering to support sustainable initiatives while powering Arizona's vibrant communities.

📍 2815 S Alma School Rd, Mesa, AZ 85210

📧 cejarealty@gmail.com

📞 623-326-0029

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Why This Location Matters

Battery recovery works best when it shows up in the natural flow of life. A furniture and mattress store may not be the first place people imagine for recycling, but it serves exactly the kind of household traffic that makes a local recovery network stronger: homeowners, renters, families, and people actively managing the spaces they live in.

That gives this Chandler location real value. Instead of asking someone to make a special trip just to recycle, ResQ brings recovery into a familiar, practical retail environment where everyday convenience can drive better recycling habits.

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One Bin Impact

One ResQ bin. 1,000 batteries. Real material recovery.

A single ResQ bin hitting a 1,000-battery annual collection target is not just a nice local win. It creates a visible recovery point, keeps used household batteries in a managed stream, and helps capture materials that still matter.

What 1,000 batteries starts to look like

Even one well-placed ResQ bin can create a steady, neighborhood-scale recovery habit. At 1,000 batteries per year, that is roughly 83 batteries per month or about 19 batteries per week moving into a managed recycling channel instead of being forgotten in drawers or tossed out with ordinary waste.

For weight, a simple AA-equivalent model puts that annual total at just over 50 pounds of batteries collected. Actual totals will vary depending on the mix of AAA, AA, C, D, and 9V batteries dropped into the bin.

1,000
single-use alkaline batteries collected per year
~51 lb
of battery material captured annually using an AA-size equivalent model
83/mo
average monthly drop-offs from one active community bin

Why recovery matters

EPA notes that used batteries can contain metals and other materials that need to be managed correctly by chemistry. Their guidance specifically recommends sending used alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries to battery recyclers where programs exist.

What’s inside alkaline batteries

Peer-reviewed research on spent alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries identifies zinc and manganese as key recoverable materials, which is exactly why collection matters even at the single-bin level.

Weight model used here

The ~51 pound estimate is based on the Energizer E91 AA alkaline datasheet, which lists a typical weight of 23.0 grams per battery. One thousand AA-size equivalents equals about 23 kilograms, or roughly 50.7 pounds.

Sources: U.S. EPA, Used Household Batteries · Energizer E91 AA Datasheet · Journal of Hazardous Materials, zinc and manganese recovery from spent alkaline batteries