Embracing Closed-loop Recycling and What It Means for Batteries

Achieving success in sustainable initiatives can present a challenge to every organization. As discussed recently in a white paper commissioned by Call2Recycle, Shifting the Focus from End-of-Life Recycling to Continuous Product Lifecycles, organizations that strive to adopt the principles of the circular economy will look at ways to keep materials in the resource stream through the entire value chain. In the case of Call2Recycle, we strive to guarantee that materials collected from our battery recycling programs can be repurposed ...

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Why Recycling Is Not Enough

Call2Recycle, Inc. releases white paper on how organizations can embrace the circular economy.

April 20, 2016Atlanta –Recycling can be seen as the defining strategy to reducing waste and minimizing the environmental impact, however, optimal solutions for waste management are far more subtle and complex.  Call2Recycle, Inc., North America’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship organization, today released: “Shifting the Focus from End-of-Life Recycling to Continuous Product Lifecycles,” a white paper on how embracing the concepts of a circular economy ...

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Free Riders: Why You Should Care About “Orphan” Batteries in North America

We spent a few minutes with Carl Smith, CEO and president of Call2Recycle. Carl is a leading advocate for battery recycling across North America. We spoke to Smith about one of the industry’s biggest issues—free riders.

When it comes to increasing battery recycling rates, what do you think are your biggest challenges so far this year?
There are two challenges that I think about every day. The first is how to continue to make it easy and important for consumers to ...

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