North America’s Consumer Battery Collection and Recycling Leader Continues Year-Over-Year Growth
Call2Recycle caps 18th straight year of protecting and preserving North America’s environmental footprint
Atlanta/Toronto – January 20, 2015 – Call2Recycle, Inc., North America’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship organization, increased its total weight of material collected in ...
Call2Recycle Canada Sees Dramatic Growth in Past 17 Years In 2013, Call2Recycle Canada collected 3.7 million pounds (1.7 million kilograms) of batteries–the most batteries collected in one year by the organization. The company has collected 13.2 million pounds (6 million kilograms)—or the weight of 880 large African elephants—since the program...
Battery Industry Leaders Unveil the First Ever Model All Battery Recycling Bill
HARTFORD, CT (June 12, 2014) – Four leading battery interest groups – the Corporation for Battery Recycling (CBR), the leading battery manufacturers from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), PRBA – The Rechargeable Battery Association and Call2Recycle, Inc. – yesterd...
A Time of Change: Call2Recycle Faces New Challenges in the 21st Century
In 1859, Gaston Planté invented the lead-acid battery–the first version of a ‘rechargeable’ battery. Little did he know that his battery, which used a lead anode and a lead dioxide cathode immersed in sulphuric acid, would launch an industry that extended well beyond powering lights...
DEWALT Sponsors Rechargeable Battery Trade-In Event
June – Dec 2014: Canadians can earn a ten per cent discount on a new rechargeable power tool battery by recycling used batteries
TORONTO (June 2, 2014) – For the next seven months, DEWALT® customers in Canada can earn a ten per cent discount on the purchase of a new DEWALT power tool batte...
