Press Releases

Toronto, ON, April 22, 2024 – This Earth Day, Call2Recycle, Canada’s leading battery collection and recycling program, and Staples Canada, The Working and Learning Company, proudly celebrate two decades of collaboration dedicated to battery recycling and environmental sustainability. Since the beginning of their partnership in 2004, Call2Recycle and Staples Canada have constantly strived to launch new battery recycling and environmental stewardship initiatives, resulting in over 1.8 million kilograms of batteries diverted from landfills by Staples Canada over the ...

Winnipeg, MB, April 19, 2024 – With baseball season just around the corner, Call2Recycle, Canada’s leading household battery collection and recycling organization, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the 2024 Baseball Manitoba Rally Cap Program for the second consecutive year. Rally Cap uniforms will feature Call2Reycle’s new consumer brand, “Recycle Your Batteries, Canada!”. Call2Recycle will also have a presence at all 2024 18U, 15U, 13U, and 11U Baseball Manitoba Provincial Championships.

The Rally Cap Program is an initiative designed by Baseball ...

Toronto, ON, April 18, 2024 – Call2Recycle, Canada’s leading battery collection and recycling program, in partnership with Electronic Distributors International Inc. (EDI), a highly certified and diversified electronics recycler, proudly unveils a groundbreaking advancement in battery sorting technology that will multiply Ontario’s capacity to sort and recycle end-of-life batteries. This investment supports Call2Recycle and EDI’s strategy to invest in competitive battery recycling infrastructure to increase efficiency, enhance safety and help meet the province’s waste diversion goals. 

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TORONTO, ON, April 4, 2024 – Call2Recycle, Canada’s leading household battery collection and recycling organization, is calling on Canadians to celebrate Earth Month by stepping up their battery recycling to protect our environment.

April is Earth Month, an extension of Earth Day observed on April 22. This month-long event serves as a reminder of the collective responsibility we share in protecting our planet, and the critical role battery recycling plays in these efforts. With each battery recycled, Canadians can continue ...

Toronto, ON, February 29, 2024 – Call2Recycle, Canada’s leading battery collection and recycling program, and Greentec, a leader in reverse logistics and recycling solutions for end-of-life electronic waste, announced today that they have signed an expanded agreement to increase Ontario’s battery sorting capacity. This strategic partnership will optimize the battery recycling efforts in the province and enhance Canada’s overall recycling infrastructure.

Under the expanded agreement, Greentec’s facility in Cambridge (Ontario) will provide battery sorting services to Call2Recycle starting May 2024. ...

TV, digital and outdoor ads educate consumers on how to “Collect, Protect, Drop Off” 

TORONTO, ON, February 22, 2024 – Call2Recycle, Canada’s leading battery collection and recycling program, is launching its consumer brand, “Recycle Your Batteries, Canada!” with the help of a multi-media campaign that encourages Canadians to recycle their used batteries.

The centerpiece of the campaign is a series of educational commercials that will be featured on national television and digital media. Titled, “Decisions, Decisions,” the commercials ...

Call2Recycle celebrates 2023 recycling milestone as “best year yet”

Toronto, ON, February 15, 2024 – In celebration of National Battery Day (February 18), Call2Recycle, Canada’s leading battery collection and recycling program, announces that over 5.8 million kilograms of used batteries were diverted from Canadian landfills in 2023. This marks the program’s ‘best year yet’, surpassing 45 million kilograms of batteries recycled since its inception in 1997.

The 2023 collection results set a new benchmark for battery recycling in Canada, reflecting ...