Battery Recycling

  • Verizon Wireless Recycles Phones for Domestic Violence Victims

    March 28th, 2008


    Verizon Wireless has recycled more than 200 tons of cellular phones and batteries since 2001 through its HopeLine program.


  • 8 Ways to Green Your Earth Day

    March 16th, 2008


    Earth Day is just around the corner. Here’s eight ways to help you celebrate this year, courtesy of the site that helps Make Every Day Earth Day™.


  • California to Host Product Stewardship Workshops

    February 19th, 2008


    The California Product Stewardship Council will be hosting a pair of workshops designed to educate the public about collection programs for batteries and fluorescent lamps in late April.


  • 8 Ways to Green Your Recycling

    February 18th, 2008


    Recycling is already a pretty “green” activity by nature, but there’s always steps to take to make it even greener. Earth 911 presents eight ways to make sure that your recycling efforts are as environmentally-friendly as possible.


  • RBRC Reports 12 Percent Increase in Battery Recycling in 2007

    February 6th, 2008


    The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation collected and recycled more than 6.3 million pounds of rechargeable batteries in the U.S. and Canada through its Call2Recycle program in 2007.


  • 8 Ways to Practice Product Stewardship

    January 16th, 2008


    Product stewardship is a complicated process, but an important one for living an eco-friendly lifestyle. Earth 911 simplifies the process with eight tips to being a better product steward.


  • Voltaic Solar Backpack

    December 28th, 2007


    Check out one person’s eco-friendly gift this year: the solar-powered battery charging backpack made of recycled plastic.


  • Oscar the Grouch to Keep Lights Out of Trash

    December 13th, 2007


    California’s Take It Back! (TIB!) Partnership, designed to keep used fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) out of the trash, has announced a new “spokesmuppet” beginning in January 2008: Oscar the Grouch.

    The TIB! Partnership allows California residents to find locations to recycle household waste such as lights, batteries and electronics so they don’t end up in the trash. Oscar continue …


  • Recycling Getting Easier at Curbside, Inside Stores

    December 13th, 2007


    California’s South Bay Area residents will now have the option of recycling batteries and cellular phones as part of their curbside programs.


  • Los Angeles Partners with Jiffy Lube to Recycle Batteries

    December 12th, 2007


    Twenty eight Los Angeles-area Jiffy Lube locations have partnered with the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works (DPW) to collect and recycle household batteries from Los Angeles residents.