Easy Way To Organize Your Batteries

Supplies You Need:

• A divided storage bin with a lid
• Batteries

Organizing Batteries In A Divided Storage Bin

Start by removing all of one type of battery from their packaging. You may have three packs of AA batteries in your junk drawer, and that takes up all kinds of unnecessary space.

Once you’ve opened up all of one type of battery, put them together in one (or two if you have a lot) of the compartments of the storage bin.

Repeat for the other sizes until you’ve divided up all your battery sizes.

If you’re low on stock, make sure to leave room for when you buy more, and in the future, buy in bulk or stock up when your grocery store has them on a 10 for $10 sale.

Where To Store Your Battery Bin

It’s a good idea to keep your battery storage bin in a central location where everyone in the house can find it. This saves you from hearing “Moooooommmmm, where’s the batteries???” on a weekly basis.

I keep ours in our utility closet on a shelf everyone can reach, right beside the toilet paper. The two go-to’s, right?

Alternatively, you can store them inside your media cabinet in the living room, on a shelf in the laundry room, or in your linen closet.

The goal is to make sure every single battery in the house is all stored together in this one container. Not scattered around the house from room to room.

Pick a home for the container, show every household member who should have access (put it on high shelves if you have young children), and don’t move it.

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Quick Wins help you stay motivated and give you a major sense of accomplishment, and knocking out just one a week will make you feel like an organizing rockstar, even if the rest of your house is a hot mess.

Here's a bonus quick win right now: bind extra charging cords with a large binder clip. Add a strip of Washi tape to the top of the binder clip and write the device it goes with. If you use a storage container like I used, you can keep those charging cords right underneath the batteries.