batteries | - Part 9

Seattle Answers Call for First Area-wide Battery Recycling Day

Designed to educate consumers and communities on the importance and ease of battery recycling, Call2Recycle^® and Mayor Mike McGinn have designated Thursday, June 28, as . Area residents and organizations are encouraged to scour their attics, junk drawers, and desks, and bring their rechargeable batteries to the Seattle Center International Fountain for a chance to be rewarded with prizes in addition to doing their part for the environment.

Events scheduled for ...

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JUN

When to sort the recyclables? – Waste & Recycling News

Call2Recycle CEO & President, Carl Smith, will be a guest blogger for the month of May on Waste & Recycling News. This is the fifth installment, bookmark this site and check back for new posts each week.

Recent Posts:
Tips for Recyclable Collection and Take-Back Programs at Retailers – May 9, 2012
Product Stewardship Must Be a Shared Responsibility – May 7, 2012
What is product stewardship? ...

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MAY

Articles

batteries, collection, municipalities, recyclables, single-stream, sorting

DEWALT and Call2Recycle Partner to Celebrate Earth Day – Offer Discounts for Recycling Rechargeable Batteries

ATLANTA (April 10, 2012) – DEWALT® is offering a discount on purchases of new DEWALT power tool batteries when customers recycle their rechargeable batteries. Call2Recycle®, North America’s only free battery and cellphone collection program, partners with DEWALT to offer battery recycling to its customers year-round. During April 2012, when customers drop off any brand rechargeable battery from a power tool such as a cordless drill, cordless screwdriver, cordless saw or cordless nailer at one of the company’s 77 ...

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APR

Press Releases

batteries, DeWalt, discount, power tools, Stanley Black & Decker

Battery Recycling: The Power is Yours

We’ve estimated that consumers use an average of six wireless devices in their day-to-day lives. Discover what happens to rechargeable batteries once they need to be replaced in this article by Earth911.

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APR

Consumers Recycling More Batteries in 2011

Call2Recycle’s Battery Collections Surge 13.1%

ATLANTA (January 5, 2012) – More and more consumers are recycling their batteries according to Call2Recycle^®, the North American leader in consumer battery recycling. Today it announced a 13.1 percent increase in 2011 battery collections (over 2010), collecting more than 7.6 million pounds (3.45 million kilograms) of rechargeable batteries (the equivalent to the weight of 278 school buses) through a network of over 30,000 retail, business and municipal locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

In ...

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JAN