Battery Recycling
August 10, 2010
Call2Recycle has launched a nationwide campaign encouraging consumers to recycle batteries. By October 1, they are hoping to divert 1 million pounds of batteries from going to landfills.
They accept rechargeable batteries from cordless electronic products like cell phones, baby monitors, flashlights, remote control cars, laptops, cameras and cordless power tools.
All of the rechargeable batteries collected through the Call2Recycle program are recycled and used to create other types of materials, including new batteries, stainless steel products and more. None of the material broken down from the recycling of rechargeable batteries and cell phones makes its ways into the landfills.
There are over 30,000 recycling drop off bins in the U.S., you can find a local location here by entering you zip code or you can call 877.273.2925.
If you’re creative, enter their video contest to win prizes. You can also follow the campaign on Facebook or Twitter.
Comments
Hey there,
Love Call2Recycle! Just wanted to add that if your business or school would like to have your own Call2Recycle collection box, you can click on this link: http://www.call2recycle.org/recycling-at-work.php?s=&c=1&d=213&q=1&a=374&w=2
They will send you a collection box and pay for the shipping and handling of sending the batteries back to their collection site. This makes it super easy to recycle!
Mikal
Hello,
Sure Call2Recycle is fine if you are using a lot of rechargeable batteries. In my household we generally use alkaline batteries which call2recycle will not take in. So what can I do with those batteries? I don’t want them to end up in a land fill any more than I want the rechargeables in there.
Call2recyclye is a very good marketing program, people use them believeing they are doing something about the batteries they generate when if I had to guess I would say rechargeables are probably only 20-30% of the volume sold-why are they ignoring the other 70-80%. Just my thoughts.
Andrew