Archive for April, 2017

Over 300,000 kg recycled in partnership with battery collection and recycling program, Call2Recycle^®

(Vancouver, B.C.) April  20, 2017 — London Drugs, in partnership with Call2Recycle^®, Canada’s national consumer battery collection and recycling program, announced today that it has diverted over 300,000 kg of batteries from landfill through recycling since 2000. That’s the equivalent weight of 1.7 million hockey pucks. London Drugs is the first Western Canada-based retailer in the Call2Recycle program to reach this recycling milestone.

Seventeen years ago, London Drugs began ...

Call2Recycle^® Launches National All Battery Recycling in the United States

Atlanta – April 11, 2017 — Call2Recycle^®, Inc., North America’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship and recycling organization, today announced a new, expanded all battery service that provides one-stop battery collection and recycling for both rechargeable and single-use (AA, AAA, 9v, D-cell and button cell) batteries under 11 lbs. throughout the United States.

“The widespread adoption of technology by consumers is rewriting the recycling landscape,” said Carl ...