Spotlight Story: Did You Know?

Call2Recycle’s customer service team communicates with thousands of collection sites each year via email and via phone.  You have questions, we have answers.  Below are the top 5 questions Call2Recycle has been asked recently:

1. How do I return a box?

Call2Recycle collection boxes arrive ready for shipment.  Each box includes a pre-paid, pre-addressed return shipping label affixed to the outside of the box. When full, close the box and add the box to your daily common carrier pick-up, such as UPS ...

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Consumer Battery Collection & Recycling Leader Releases Innovation to Increase Battery Safety and Reduce Risks

Call2Recycle, Inc. advances its commitment to safety with the introduction of its new flame retardant box liner

ATLANTA – October 16, 2017 – Call2Recycle, Inc., North America’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship organization, today announced an innovation to bolster the safety in handling and transporting potentially dangerous batteries.  Its U.S. battery collection containers will include an innovative, flame retardant liner.  This new feature is part of the organization’s Charge Up Safety! initiative to further the safe collection, transport ...

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Call2Recycle’s Charge Up Safety Campaign Spotlights Battery Recycling Safety

New Effort Aimed at Increasing Consumer and Collection Site Safety Awareness during Used Household Battery Collection

Atlanta/Toronto, July 19, 2017 — Safety-related and fire incidents involving hoverboards, cellphones, headphones and laptops are making the headlines. Many of these incidents are being traced to batteries, further intensifying safety concerns.

To address similar concerns presented by collecting used batteries for recycling, Call2Recycle, Inc., North America’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship and recycling organization, has launched the Charge Up Safety campaign.

The objective ...

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Introducing Charge Up Safety!, a Call2Recycle Campaign to Promote Safe Battery Recycling in the U.S.

Call2Recycle is excited to introduce Charge Up Safety, a campaign to help our partners and consumers increase their safety knowledge and confidence related to battery recycling. Charge Up Safety provides best practice information for the safe handling of batteries throughout the recycling process.

Learn, share and apply these procedures to prevent incidents from occurring and to make the most out of your recycling program. You and your colleagues are invited to review the many resources we have available for more information:

  • Visit ...
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Will wearable technology destroy advances in recycling?

Recent advances in wearable technology are challenging our definition of clothing and technology as they converge to improve our quality of life. Inventors are developing more sophisticated and essential products that are quickly being integrated into the fabric of our lives. These smart electronic devices can be worn on the body as an accessory during everyday life.

Fitness trackers, smart sunglasses, sports trackers and even smart socks, shorts and sleepwear are a far cry from the first wearable technologies — children’s ...

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