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​Recycle One Million Used Batteries

One Million Batteries (1MB) is a campaign launched by Teens Against E-waste (TAE) to collect and recycle 1,000,000 used batteries and raise awareness of​​electronic waste recycling! Please join us in protecting a healthy environment and sustaining the earth!​
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Time to make a Green New Year's Resolution!
We have collected and recycled 350,000+ batteries AND 78,000+ pounds of ​e-waste!  A huge thank you​ to everyone for your green efforts! Let's keep going!
Click here to see how you can help recycle batteries.
​If you have other e-waste to recycle, learn and report here. 
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Our Achievements

Report your recycled batteries here and watch the numbers grow! ​

Recent Contributions

Check out here to see how you can help, and remember telling us how many batteries you or your team collected. 
1MB's first school Battery Recycling Event at Oxford Academy, Cypress, California
1MB partnered with Google to run drives at its Mountain View (headquarters), Sunnyvale, and Irvine sites
1MB Battery Drive at AUHSD Steam-A-Palooza Open House for Earth Day
Batteries collected in all kinds of containers from the Servathon Recycling Event
College students helping run a battery drive for 1MB in Norwalk, California
Meadows senior residents in Irvine pitching in to help 1MB by hosting their own battery drive

Why Do We Do This?

Did you know Americans throw away 3 billion (about 180,000 tons of) batteries each year, making up about 20% of all household hazardous materials in America's landfills? More than 86,000 tons of these are single-use alkaline batteries. 
​Is Canada or EU doing better? Read here to find out.
What about Asian countries? Check out here.
Up to 90% of materials in batteries can be recycled. Batteries contain valuable recyclable resources including non-renewable metals such as lead, nickel, zinc, silver, and manganese. It is illegal in some states (e.g., CA and NY) to throw away batteries in the trash or recycling bin.  
​Read here for how batteries contain corrosive materials and heavy metals that can contaminate our environment. 
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About Teens Against E-waste

​​Teens Against E-waste (TAE) is a student-run, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims to raise public awareness of the pressing issue of e-waste, take action towards a greener planet, and engage teenage leaders due to our strong belief in youth activism.

​TAE was founded by high school freshman Joshua Lou in spring 2021 in Cypress, California, and spread to Canada in September of the same year.  To make a greater impact, we launched the international One Million Batteries campaign in November 2021 and the WEEEcycle campaign in July 2022. So far, TAE has expanded to over 50 branches in six countries. 
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