Lithium Ion Battery Safety

How to Safely Recycle Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) Batteries

During October, Wired magazine featured an article titled, “So, the Note 7: What Will Happen to Those Recalled Phones?” in which Call2Recycle CEO and President Carl Smith discussed the challenges Samsung and other cell phone manufacturers face in collecting and transporting cellphones with known battery defects.

One of Call2Recycle’s primary commitments is to safely and efficiently transport batteries from 30,000 public collection locations to recycling facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. During the ...

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Open Letter from CEO on Safety

An Open Letter to Collection Sites from Call2Recycle CEO Carl Smith

An important part of Call2Recycle’s mission is to optimize the collection of consumer batteries across North America. This includes collecting and transporting the batteries to our recycling locations for sorting and processing. In 2016 alone, we will receive and process almost 14 million lbs. (6.4 million kg) of both single-use and rechargeable batteries in almost a quarter of a million containers.

In well over 99% of these shipments, the process works ...

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America Recycles Day 2016

5 Easy Ways to “Charge Up” Your Recycling Habits on America Recycles Day

According to the EPA’s most recent figures, Americans generate about 254 million tons of trash annually, and only about one-third of that waste is recycled. For many, one of the main barriers to recycling is not knowing how or where to recycle certain items.

For instance, many household cordless products that we use every day are powered by rechargeable batteries. These batteries are not only recyclable, but contain ...

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Turn Back Your clocks – Turn in Your Batteries!

It’s almost that time of the year! This Fall, Call2Recycle will encourage Vermonters to take some extra steps to keep their near and dear ones safe, while making a positive impact on the environment. As residents turn back their clocks on November 6, we invite our collection partners to help spread the word by educating them on the basic safety measures that can be taken to protect their households.

Here are a few easy things to do in less than an hour to ...

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Vermonters Answer the Call to Recycle

Call2Recycle’s expanded household battery recycling program, following Vermont’s first ever mandated primary (single-use) battery stewardship law has shown tremendous results since the program was launched in January this year. An expansion to its existing rechargeable program, the Call2Recycle program now has a total of 135 drop-off collection sites across the state of Vermont, making it even easier for Vermonters to recycle all of their spent household batteries.   “We are very excited about the results so far. Since regulation was enacted ...

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