Press Releases

New innovative battery collection solution from Call2Recycle and partners ERI and CellBlock FCS streamlines time, space, and labor

ATLANTA – April 22, 2022 – Call2Recycle, Inc., the country’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship and recycling program leader, is proud to announce the official launch of OneDrum™, the first mixed consumer battery collection product in the market. Teaming up with CellBlock FCS and Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), Call2Recycle’s OneDrum solution allows customers to place and ...

Despite pandemic, rechargeable battery recycling continues to strengthen 

ATLANTA — Call2Recycle, the nation’s largest battery stewardship and collection, logistics, and recycling program, today unveiled its annual battery collections data, with more than 8.1 million pounds of consumer batteries collected for recycling in the U.S. throughout 2021. 

Despite continued challenges from COVID-19, total 2021 battery collections were just 3.2% lower than in 2020, attributable to a drop in single-use (primary) batteries. Significant growth in consumer drop-offs and lithium-ion collections ...

MONTREAL, Oct. 19, 2021

Innovators of a cost efficient and sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling technology, Lithion Recycling, Inc., and Call2Recycle, a North American leader in battery collection and recycling, are pleased to announce a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on providing a turnkey full-service management solution for safe and efficient recycling of Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries.

The combination of Lithion’s patented and innovative hydrometallurgical battery recycling process and Call2Recycle’s existing North American collection, transportation and logistics network will make this ...

Education campaign aims to reduce battery-ignited fire danger by helping residents identify & recycle household batteries

TRENTON, N.J. – August 24, 2021 – Call2Recycle, the United States’ leading consumer battery stewardship and recycling program, today announced a partnership with the Association of New Jersey Recyclers (ANJR), the Association of New Jersey Household Hazardous Waste Coordinators (ANJHHWC), and Recycle Coach to increase awareness around safe handling of consumer batteries. The initiative, “Avoid the Spark: Be Battery ...