Thanks to consumers, retailers, and municipalities, more than 5.7 million pounds of batteries – the weight of approximately 433 full-grown elephants – were kept out of U.S. and Canadian landfills and recycled so far this year.
This significant environmental victory signals battery collections are on target to grow for the 19th consecutive year.
With approximately 90 percent of both U.S. and Canadian residents living within 10 miles (15 kilometers) of one of Call2Recycle’s 34,000+ public drop-off locations, battery recycling has become increasingly simple and convenient. Battery collections from this strong consumer-facing network, including retailers and municipalities, across both the U.S. and Canada increased by 6 percent so far in 2015. In the U.S., western states, northern plains and the great lakes regions drove the bulk of growth at 11 percent; while regionally, British Columbia and Ontario grew collections by 19 percent and 7 percent respectively. In fact, since its launch in 2010, British Columbia has collected and recycled more than 4.5 million pounds (2 million kilograms) of batteries.
Last year, Call2Recycle reached a milestone of collecting 100 million pounds (45 million kilograms) in total collections throughout their network in both the United States and Canada since launching in 1996.
Please visit www.call2recycle.org/locator for additional information and to find battery recycling locations in your area.