For the last five years, Call2Recycle has worked closely with industry trade organizations and the federal government to minimize safety risks in transporting used batteries and increase the ease with which generators of used batteries can have them recycled. During this period, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has promoted regulation to further safety and has audited the Call2Recycle program to ...
When the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) – now known as Call2Recycle® – was founded by the battery industry in 1994 to divert batteries from landfills, part of the motivation was to create a harmonized nationwide program that would lessen the needs to manage state-by-state requirements. That goal has been generally met: no state has implemented a mandatory battery product stewardship program since Call2Recycle’s inception (even though ...
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. Call2Recycle volunteer staff spent two days painting and landscaping ...
There’s exciting news for rechargeable battery participants 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. Simply fill in your information, including your site ID number, and the wizard produces your completed bill of lading.
This new BOL wizard standardizes shipping descriptions, improves transportation requirement compliance and speeds up processing of bulk shipments. All browsers are supported and you ...
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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. The organization envisions a voluntary national program focusing on the collection of all consumer batteries that maximizes the reuse of spent battery materials and produces zero waste to landfill. The request is the culmination ...