Press Releases

Call2Recycle campaign educates and promotes responsible battery recycling

TORONTO, April 19, 2018 – Call2Recycle^® Canada, the country’s leading consumer battery stewardship and recycling program, is encouraging consumers to declutter living spaces and break the battery hoarder habit by recycling used batteries. Individuals can even enter to win a Charged Up Battery Kit from Call2Recycle to jumpstart their battery recycling efforts, which kicks off on Earth Day.

With the busy nature of life, it’s easy to become a battery hoarder. Be it ...

Call2Recycle Canada encourages consumers to replace and recycle used batteries when ‘Springing Forward’

Toronto (March 8, 2018) – This Sunday, Call2Recycle^® Canada, the country’s leading consumer battery stewardship and recycling program, reminds consumers to change, replace and recycle used batteries for Daylight Saving Time. This includes checking battery-operated items like smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, along with other frequently used household or workplace items.

Even though the official start of Spring is a few weeks away, the extra hour of daylight ...

Achievement of R2:2013 underscores environmental commitment of battery recycling program

Toronto (February 28, 2018) – Call2Recycle Canada, Inc., the country’s leading consumer battery stewardship and recycling organization, today announced their achievement of the latest Responsible Recycling Practices Standard (R2) certification, R2:2013. R2 is the leading standard for recycling organizations and is recognized by Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), an electronic recycling non-profit that serves as the housing-body for the R2 standard. The distinction reinforces Call2Recycle’s commitment to following stringent requirements ...

Henderson library collects 100 kilograms of batteries to become Call2Recycle’s ‘2017 Winnipeg Waste Ace’ 

Winnipeg, MB – December 20, 2017 – To encourage residents in Winnipeg to keep batteries out of landfills, Call2Recycle Canada, Inc. partnered with Winnipeg Public Library to host a contest focused on keeping batteries out of our landfills. From October 16-30, 2017, 18 Winnipeg Public Library branches competed to create the most eye-catching battery display and collect the most weight in spent batteries to earn the ...

As Canadians prepare to turn back their clocks on November 5^th, Call2Recycle encourages replacing and recycling your batteries! 

Toronto, ON – October 30, 2017 – This fall, Call2Recycle Canada, Inc., Canada’s national consumer battery collection and recycling organization, is reminding Canadians to recharge their homes in conjunction with Daylight Saving Time.

Many sources note that Canada was one of the first countries to turn their clocks forward for the first daylight saving time in 1908. As Canada goes into its 109^th ...