Battery Recycling

  • 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.


  • Market on Madison, KDLB Teaming Up for Recycling Event

    November 14th, 2007


    This Saturday, a Georgia community will have a “Fall Into Recycling” event featuring crafts, food and produce vendors.


  • Full Scale TheDailyGreen.com Site Launches Incorporating Earth 911 Content

    November 7th, 2007


    Hearst Magazines Digital Media today announced the full-scale format launch of TheDailyGreen.com featuring environmental news, tips and information with help from sites including Earth911, EarthLab and WeatherBug.


  • Best Buy & Future Shop Help Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    October 17th, 2007


    Best Buy and Future Shop stores in Canada are offering boxes for customers to recycle seven different types of electronics at no charge.


  • Fall Electronics Recycling Day set for Oct 27 in Decatur, GA

    September 21st, 2007


    On Saturday October 27, Decatur will have its Fall Electronics Recycling event with this year’s change that batteries, Styrofoam and mercury will also be accepted.


  • How to Recycle and Properly Dispose of Batteries

    July 5th, 2007


    Batteries are a unique product comprised of heavy metals and other elements that make things “portable.” Some of these toxic heavy metals include nickel cadmium, alkaline, mercury, nickel metal hydride and lead acid, which can threaten our environment if not properly discarded.


  • Help the Environment - Batteries

    April 2nd, 2007


    Find out how you can continue to help the environment by stretching the life out of your batteries and then disposing of them properly.


  • Helpful Links & Resources

    April 2nd, 2007


    Find additional battery information and regulation, including the 1996 Battery Act, the current battery Enforcement Alert by the U.S. EPA, how batteries are made and other online resources.