Media Alert: Call2Recycle and British Columbia Ministry of Environment Launch North America’s First Recycling Program for All Household Batteries

VANCOUVER, June 4, 2010 –

Who: The Honourable John Yap, British Columbia Minister of State for Climate Action; Carl Smith, president and CEO of Call2Recycle®, the only free rechargeable battery and cellphone collection program in North America, operating in British Columbia since 1997; and Shell Busey of the HouseSmart Referral Network.

What: The British Columbia Ministry of the Environment and Call2Recycle will celebrate the launch of North America’s first government-mandated recycling program for all household batteries. Call2Recycle will leverage its relationships with ...

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Media Alert: Battery Recycling Program CEO Alerts Ontario Organizations About Selection of All Battery Program Plan

TORONTO, February 18, 2010

Who: Carl Smith, President & CEO of Call2Recycle®, the only free rechargeable battery and cellphone collection program in North America, operating in Canada since 1997.

What: On February 24, Waste Diversion Ontario will discuss whether a longstanding and successful industry-sponsored recycling program will be selected to recycle household batteries in Ontario effective July 1, 2010 under the Province’s Waste Diversion Act. This move will financially and operationally affect retailers, businesses, municipalities and manufacturers operating in Ontario. In ...

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Call2Recycle Responds to Ontario Regulation For All Battery Recycling

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation of Canada seeks to expand its program in Ontario to be North America’s first mandated all-battery recycling program

TORONTO, August 4, 2009 – Responding to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s efforts to implement the province’s Waste Diversion Act, the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation of Canada (RBRCC) has proposed to expand its decade-long, free recycling program, Call2Recycle, by becoming an official industry program for all household batteries. The Minister’s directive will result in the first mandated all-battery ...

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Call2Recycle Reaches Milestone Collection Mark in Rechargeable Battery Recycling Efforts

Industry’s first and only product stewardship program total rechargeable battery collections exceeds 50 million pounds

ATLANTA, April 15, 2009 – Call2Recycle®, the nation’s most successful rechargeable battery and cellphone recycling solution, today announced that total collections since the program’s inception in 1994 now exceed 50 million pounds of rechargeable batteries. The amount of rechargeable batteries recycled through the program is equivalent to the weight of approximately 5,000 elephants. Through ongoing initiatives with retail and community partners, grassroots community efforts, and ...

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Call2Recycle Announces Winners of 2008 Recycling Leadership Awards

Program participants recognized for rechargeable battery recycling excellence throughout the U.S. and Canada

ATLANTA, September 30, 2008 – Call2Recycle, the nation’s most comprehensive rechargeable battery and cellphone recycling program, today announced the recipients of the eighth annual “Recycling Leadership Awards.” The Recycling Leadership Awards recognize Call2Recycle’s community and public agency program participants for their exceptional efforts in rechargeable battery and cellphone recycling.

This year’s participants recognized for their exceptional recycling efforts in the Call2Recycle program include: King County Solid ...

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