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Celebrate with us Seattle’s 2nd Annual Battery Recycling Day at Westlake Park on June 28th – recycle your batteries, receive great giveaways and meet John Curley, Emmy Award-winning former host of King 5 TV’s Evening Magazine!

A brief legislative update on battery product stewardship legislation across the U.S.

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. has been a committed Call2Recycle partner – here is their story.

Milwaukee Tool was recently honored with Call2Recycle’s “2012 Leader in Sustainability Award” for their commitment to battery recycling.

To help promote the importance of battery recycling, we’ve developed images for you to share with colleagues, friends and family. With your support, we can make Earth Day every day.

To celebrate this Earth Day, Call2Recycle has developed these educational tools to help you promote your environmental commitment through rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling.

We can’t do it without you – help us with our “fill-osophy”.

On February 28th, the Oregon House Energy and Environment Committee heard testimony regarding HB 2938 – the Oregon Small Rechargeable Battery Stewardship Act.

We appreciate the efforts of all our participants and certain U.S. and Canadian organizations earned special recognition for their environmental commitment

The organization that operates the Call2Recycle program in the U.S. and Canada has officially changed its name.

188 Grainger stores participated in the “Fall for Recycling” campaign to collect as many batteries as possible, resulting 12,000 pounds in just three short months.

More than 40 percent of people who recycle rechargeable batteries, among other products, do so at a retail store. They cite convenience and the ability to shop as main reasons for doing so.

The FTC issued “Green Guides” designed to help marketers ensure that the claims they make about the environmental attributes of their products are truthful and non-deceptive. The FTC first issued its “Green Guides” in 1992 and revised the Guides in 1996 and 1998. The new updates issued in October 2012 take into account more than 5,000 total comments, reflecting a wide range of public input, including consumer and industry comments.

Call2Recycle recently submitted comments in response to the USDOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) Advanced Notification of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on hazardous materials in reverse logistics, which would affect the transport of used batteries for recycling.

Over time, the nature of Call2Recycle’s “voluntary” program has evolved. While 200 committed and loyal manufacturers continue to voluntarily support the program, over 40% of what Call2Recycle now collects is not manufactured by these supporters. As the market migrates to different battery chemistries and the brand owners of these batteries are increasingly moving overseas, the percent of battery brands in the market that have voluntarily supported the program has decreased.

Call2Recycle® is proud to have sponsored an historic Habitat for Humanity home build for a disabled war veteran. In September, we teamed up with Northwest Metro Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, to help Vietnam veteran Victor Alvarado and his wife, Myriam, realize their lifetime dream of owning a home.

There’s exciting news for rechargeable battery collectors who utilize Call2Recycle’s bulk shipping option via our freight partner YRC. A new form on the Call2Recycle website enables you to create a bill of lading (BOL) in five easy steps.

The four largest US battery companies, under the auspices of the non-profit Corporation for Battery Recycling (CBR), recently issued a request for proposal seeking a business partner to steward the collection and recycling of household batteries.

On June 28, 2012, Seattle celebrated its first battery recycling day at the Seattle Center International Fountain. Call2Recycle was joined by KJR personality, DJ Jodi Brothers, Mariner’s Michael Saunders, Senator Sharon Nelson and the citizens of Seattle who came to recycle their rechargeable batteries and enjoy festivities, including a prize wheel. Thank you to everyone who turned out!

World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. This year the theme is “Green economy: does it include you?” and Brazil, a country with one of the fastest growing economies in the world, will host World Environment Day 2012.

Designed to educate consumers and communities on the importance and ease of battery recycling, Call2Recycle® and Mayor Mike McGinn have designated Thursday, June 28, as Battery Recycling Day in Seattle. Area residents and organizations are encouraged to scour their attics, junk drawers, and desks, and bring their rechargeable batteries to the Seattle Center International Fountain for a chance to be rewarded with prizes in addition to doing their part for the environment.

Here are more great pics from our participants and their Earth Day celebrations. Enjoy!

Hundreds of families turned out to celebrate Earth Day at the Burbank Recycling Center on Saturday, April 21st.

For three weeks in April, Call2Recycle teamed up with Lowe’s to present the Caption This! Competition to encourage environmental awareness in time for Earth Day. Six photos (2 per week) were posted on the Call2Recycle Facebook page and fans enlisted to provide what they felt was the best eco-caption.

Never in our history has Call2Recycle® collected more than 7 million pounds (3.45 million kilograms) of rechargeable batteries in a calendar year. In 2011, we did just that!

We’ve estimated that consumers use an average of six wireless devices in their day-to-day lives. Discover what happens to rechargeable batteries once they need to be replaced in this article by Earth911.

Throughout the U.S., communities and organizations are celebrating Earth Day (officially April 22nd). Find out what a few of our participants are doing to pay tribute to Mother Earth.

According to SEO-Kiwi, an internet marketing site, there are 4 billion mobile phones in the world and an estimated 1.08 billion of them are smartphones. By 2014, mobile internet is predicted to over take desktop internet usage.

Caption This! To raise environmental awareness in celebration of Earth Day, we’re holding a Facebook caption competition. We’d love your support and creativity.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner! We are pleased to introduce our new mascot….Volt! Congratulations to Sheila Meyer for her winning entry.

Meet our mascot. We’d tell you his name, but he doesn’t have one yet – that’s where we need your help! From March 5 – 9, we’re holding a Mascot Moniker contest on our Facebook page.

The Northeast Recycling Council’s (NERC) member states, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont, increased their 2011 collections of rechargeable batteries by 26%, recycling a total of 1,108,840 pounds of rechargeable batteries through their participation in the Call2Recycle program.

New Jersey state collections increased 51% over 2010 amounts, totaling to over 169,000 pounds of rechargeable batteries being recycled in 2011.

UPDATE: Feb. 22, 2012 – Washington Senate Bill 6148 and its companion bill, House Bill 2450 have not made it out of committee and will not be passed this session. The bills were product stewardship legislation that would require rechargeable battery manufacturers to ensure that batteries are diverted from landfills.

During the month of October, Covanta Niagara, a part of Covanta Energy, launched a campaign with one of their Adopt-A-Schools, Geraldine J. Mann Elementary, to recycle rechargeable batteries and cell phones through Covanta’s participation in the Call2Recycle program.

Call2Recycle is continuing as a sponsor of the Legendary Oldtimers’ Hockey Challenge. For over 23 years, the Oldtimers’ Hockey Challenge has been putting NHL legends back on the ice to raise money for charities. All told, they’ve raised over $3 million for their non-profit partners. This will be Call2Recycle’s eighth year as a proud sponsor [...]

As new gadgets, personal electronics and tech-toys infiltrate the market on a daily basis, consumers are rushing to replace their existing products and upgrade to the latest technology.  While many of
these products rely on batteries to provide us with convenience and portability, we are left wondering what happens to these batteries when they die and need to be replaced.

Call2Recycle® is pleased to announce that it met its goal to collect 1 million pounds of rechargeable batteries and cell phones during the MyCall2Recycle campaign. Below are photos of the national collection drive in support of MyCall2Recycle, where hundreds of people learned more about how and why to recycle, and hundreds of pounds of rechargeable batteries and cell phones were collected to support efforts to reach the 1 million pound goal.

Call2Recycle® has been growing steadily, so when it came time to create some extra breathing room, we went green with our new office space. When relocating the headquarters to a more workable space, it was imperative that LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) guidelines were followed.

9/20/10 – Recycling 1 million pounds of rechargeable batteries in less than three months may have sounded impossible when Call2Recycle^&reg;, North America&#39;s only free battery and cell phone collection program, launched its&nbsp;<em>MyCall2Recycle</em> awareness campaign in July.&nbsp;

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On September 22, 2009, the Minister of the Environment approved the Consolidated Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program Plan. It will go into effect on July 1, 2010. Minister’s Letter of Approval   Who is responsible for running this program? As directed by the Minister of the Environment, Stewardship Ontario will operate the Consolidated [...]

As seen in University Business Magazine  Carl Smith, CEO, Call2Recycle® College campuses are perhaps the most telling evidence of our culture’s love affair with sophisticated technology. It is commonplace to see students tote laptops from the dorm to the classroom and the library; use cell phones to stay in touch with friends on campus and [...]

04/19/00 – Battery Check Day (April 26) – a national day encouraging consumers to recycle the rechargeable batteries that power cordless products — kicks off on April 25 in New York City with actor Richard Karn, &quot;Al Borland&quot; of TV&#39;s Home Improvement.

06/02/08 – Using rechargeable batteries is a simple step toward a greener lifestyle; so this Environment Week, try using them for the battery-powered devices in your home. Rechargeable

06/05/08 – Happy spring greening! In time for Environment Week, the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) provides the following tips to help Canadians spring clean their home &ndash; and become more eco-conscious in the process.

01/01/09 – High-tech electronics are hot items on many wish lists this holiday season. The latest cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras, laptops, camcorders, and power tools are among the most coveted portable electronics gifts. But what happens to the rechargeable batteries that power your old devices once the presents are unwrapped and your new tech toys are put to use?

04/21/09 – According to an Opinion Research Corporation survey conducted for Call2Recycle, 50 percent fewer Americans admit to suffering from ‘green guilt’ than last year, with just one in ten consumers experiencing guilt over their environmental behavior.

05/19/09 – Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial kick-off of the summer season, when Americans will pack their bags and embark upon annual getaways.

09/17/98 – Richard Karn, &quot;Al&quot; on the American classic Home Improvement, kicks off
a five-city tour in September to educate consumers about the benefit of
recycling Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) rechargeable batteries.

11/03/98 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) today released
survey results that show overwhelming support for RBRC’s Nickel-Cadmium
(Ni-Cd) rechargeable battery recycling program, Charge Up to Recycle!, from the companies funding the program.

12/07/98 – Federal Minister of the Environment, Christine Stewart, has recognized
the efforts of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation’s (RBRC)
recycling program for used Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries through
RBRC’s inclusion in the EcoAction Network of Environment Canada.

12/07/98 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation’s (RBRC) nationwide
battery recycling program for used Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries has
won First Place in the Keep America Beautiful 1998 National Awards in
the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle category.

05/26/99 – When most people think of recycling, they don’t think of Nickel Cadmium
(Ni-Cd) rechargeable batteries. A recent survey found that consumers
are throwing their rechargeable batteries away (40%) or leaving them in
the dark recesses of their desk drawers at home or the office – unaware
that Ni-Cd batteries can and should be recycled.

07/21/99 – Missing an important call because your cell phone wasn’t properly
charged is a common problem in an increasingly wireless world.
Rechargeable batteries hold the key to our reliance on convenient,
portable products, yet few people understand the basics rules of
recharging rechargeable batteries.

07/18/00 – If your cordless phone or portable drill suddenly cuts out, don&#39;t blame
the manufacturer. Chances are the rechargeable battery was not properly
charged.

09/11/00 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), in conjunction
with Thunder Road Productions, has been awarded a Silver Inkwell 2000
Award of Merit by the Washington, DC chapter of the International
Association of Business Communicators (IABC), for the RBRC public
service announcement &quot;Gather Up Your Ni-Cds.&quot;

05/26/01 – On April 26 and 27 2001, RBRC and its spokesperson, Richard Karn, commemorated the 3rd annual Battery Check Day with targeted outreach in the midwest.

10/10/01 – According to a recent study released by the Consumer Electronics
Association, some of the top electronic gifts consumers plan to
purchase this holiday season include a long list of portable
electronics products &ndash; including DVD players, portable CD players,
digital cameras and cordless and cellular phones.

12/21/01 – According to a recent study released by the Consumer Electronics
Association, some of the top electronic gifts consumers plan to
purchase this holiday season include a long list of portable
electronics products &ndash; including DVD players, portable CD players,
digital cameras and cordless and cellular phones.

08/29/02 – New year, new books&hellip; new cellphone! According to a recent survey
conducted by Harris Interactive and Telephia, 35 percent of young
adults between the ages of 18-to-24 use more than 500 minutes a month
on their cellphones as compared to 20 percent of all cellphone users &ndash;
that’s not only a lot of talking, but a lot of juice drained from the
phone’s battery!

Committed to preserving the environment and improving the lives of the people who live in the communities they serve, RadioShack, in conjunction with Call2Recycle®, will accept all household batteries* for recycling at local Central Arkansas RadioShack store locations. Batteries are the power source in many common cordless products such as: radios, remote controls, flashlights, smoke [...]

Committed to preserving the environment and improving the lives of the people who live in the communities they serve, RadioShack, in conjunction with Call2Recycle®, will accept all household batteries* for recycling at local Nashville RadioShack store locations. Batteries are the power source in a host of cordless electronics such as: radios, remote controls, flashlights, smoke [...]