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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:

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Promote battery recycling with your customers and friends by downloading these free articles, 4 tips for living green when the weather is warm or 5 surprising facts you didn’t know about batteries. You can post the articles on your web site or to send them in your newsletters. Images are also downloadable. Registration required.

We welcome Umicore, a global materials technology and recycling company, to Call2Recycle’s supplier network. Umicore will be processing Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries from across the U.S.

With a fast-growing demand for Li-Ion battery recycling and a limited number of North American-based processors, Call2Recycle has been seeking multiple processing options to provide additional capacity for growing collections. Umicore underwent an extensive review process by Call2Recycle and complies with our stringent vendor requirements.

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Recent articles by Call2Recycle CEO and President Carl Smith highlight some of the major issues the recycling industry faces this year as changes in consumer behavior begin to undermine environmental progress.

Is the recycling movement under threat? Make your own decision after reading these articles:

Environmental Leader:  Where Does Recycling Fit in the Environmental Movement?

GreenBiz:  Will Wearable Technology Destroy Advances In Recycling?

Share your thoughts on the future of recycling on the Call2Recycle Twitter and Facebook pages.

For years, you’ve asked us to add a single-stream recycling service for both single-use and rechargeable batteries. You told us it would make collections more efficient and eliminate consumer confusion. We listened and expanded our menu of services:

• New single-stream recycling of rechargeable and single-use batteries.
• New recycling services for damaged, defective, recalled (DDR) Li-Ion batteries.
• New pay-as-you-go collection kits in varying sizes, or a bulk shipping option, available in a new online store.

Our new services are designed to optimize battery ...