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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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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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