City of Hamilton Battery Recycling Success to be Rewarded with Hockey Legend Exhibition Game

Local Residents and Fire Halls Prove Battery Recycling is “Easy as 1-2-3” by Surpassing 3,000 Kilogram Recycling Goal

HAMILTON, ON (Dec. 3, 2010) – Prior to the Dec. 3 Hamilton Bulldogs game, the City of Hamilton and Call2Recycle®, a free battery and cellphone collection program in North America, hosted a joint press conference to thank Hamiltonians for their efforts to divert  batteries from local landfills.  On Oct. 5, Hamiltonians were asked to collect batteries by Nov. 7 as part of the ...

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Call2Recycle Met Its Goal!

Call2Recycle® is pleased to announce that it met its goal to collect 1 million pounds of rechargeable batteries and cellphones during the MyCall2Recycle campaign. Below are photos of the national collection drive in support of MyCall2Recycle, where hundreds of people learned more about how and why to recycle, and hundreds of pounds of rechargeable batteries and cellphones were collected to support efforts to reach the 1 million pound goal.

Thanks to all the campaign partners and sponsors – DeWALT, Lowe’s, RadioShack, Sony, ...

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Call2Recycle Surpasses Million Pound Battery Recycling Goal

Organization urges nation to continue rechargeable battery recycling efforts

ATLANTA, Oct. 6, 2010 – In July, Call2Recycle®, North America’s only free rechargeable battery and cellphone collection program, challenged Americans to divert 1 million pounds of rechargeable batteries from our nation’s landfills by Oct. 1, as part of its MyCall2Recycle awareness campaign. The numbers are in, and the country was successful, collecting 1.24 million pounds of rechargeable batteries during the campaign. The organization created the MyCall2Recycle campaign and its million pound goal in ...

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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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