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Call2Recycle Canada Reports Record-High Battery Collection Results for Second Straight Year

Toronto, ON – February 11, 2020 – Call2Recycle Canada, Inc., Canada’s national consumer battery collection and recycling program, announces the highest battery collection results since inception. Thanks to increased participation of Canadians, almost 3 million kilograms of household batteries were recycled in 2019, a 9 per cent increase over 2018 results.

Call2Recycle Canada also reports a more than 10 per cent increase in batteries collected in regulated provinces – ...

New members add governance strength to Canada’s battery stewardship organization

Toronto, Ontario. July 25, 2019 – Call2Recycle Canada, Inc., Canada’s first and largest consumer battery recycling organization, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors: Joe Borsellino and Peter Daley.  Each brings extensive industry experience and valuable perspectives to the board, strengthening Call2Recycle’s leadership as regulated product stewardship becomes a key provincial strategy for achieving waste management and environmental goals.

A dynamic and experienced ...

MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION KILOGRAMS OF USED BATTERIES DIVERTED FROM CANADIAN LANDFILLS IN 2018

Toronto, ON – January 23, 2019 – Call2Recycle Canada, Inc., Canada’s national consumer battery collection and recycling program, reports that Canadians recycled more than 2.7-million kilograms of household batteries in 2018, an increase of 3 per cent over 2017 and a record for the organization.  

“Thanks to provincial regulations and partnerships with our collection network, including retailers and depots, Canadians are becoming increasingly aware of the ...

ORGANIZATION TO ADMINISTER GOVERNMENT-MANDATED
CONSUMER BATTERY RECYCLING PROGRAM 

Toronto, ON – December 12, 2018 – Call2Recycle Canada, Inc., Canada’s leading consumer battery collection and recycling organization, has been approved by the Prince Edward Island Department of Communities, Land and Environment as a regulated battery stewardship program to collect and recycle consumer batteries.  Its five-year, all-battery consumer collection and recycling plan will be implemented in early 2019.

“Since 1997, we have operated a very successful voluntary battery recycling program in P.E.I ...