Responsible Battery Management: Call2Recyle as a Product Stewardship Model Tim Warren, Call2Recycle Central Regional Account Mgr Nebraska PSI Webinar,

Responsible Battery Management: Call2Recyle as a Product

Stewardship Model

Tim Warren, Call2Recycle Central Regional Account Mgr

Nebraska PSI Webinar, October 11, 2011

Product Stewardship: Household Batteries

Single Use/Primary Alkaline (Alkaline Manganese) Zinc Carbon Silver Oxide Button Cell Lithium (button, AA, AAA etc.) Zinc Air (button)

Rechargeable/Secondary (multiple use/re-energize) Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) Small Sealed Lead

Product Stewardship: Rechargeable BatteriesCall2Recycle®

Industry’s first and only stewardship program for batteries Program of Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation, a

501c4 Non-profit founded in 1994 Free program for battery recycling Infrastructure throughout U.S. and Canada Funded through licensing of Battery Recycling Seals and

fee assessed by battery manufacturers on their products

Rechargeable batteries Look for the Recycling Seal

If the electronic recharges by being plugged into a wall socket, its rechargeable. If it has a backup battery for loss of electricity, the battery is rechargeable

Rechargeable Batteries are used in hundreds of products and applications

Cellular & cordless phones, cordless power tools, laptop computers, medical equipment, two-way radios, camcorders, bar code scanners, portable environmental equipment, building security and fire alarm systems, exit signage, and emergency lighting, UPS back up systems, camcorders/ digital cameras, solar lighting

Partner with retailers to proactively collect and recycle batteries from the public

U.S. Retail Partners

• Home Depot, RadioShack, Lowes, Interstate All Battery Centers, Sears/K-Mart, Best Buy, Office Depot, many others

• Over 30,000 locations that consumers can recycle used rechargeable batteries and cell phones, conveniently and for free

• Promote website- www.call2recycle.org and zip code directory for locating nearest recycling location (retailer, local govt. recycling center)

• 800 number on battery seal

Call2Recycle extended to any entity, free of charge, industry funded

• Community Residential Programs (drop off, curbside, electronics collection events, HHW permanent sites and collection events

• Municipal Departments/Public Use Facilities- Operationally generated batteries

• Public Agencies: Military, Airports, State and Federal Agencies

• Corporations/Businesses• Non-profit organizations

Great “add on” material for your Community Recycling Program

• Add Rechargeable Batteries to your community recycling program

• Advocate other public agencies enroll and recycle their operationally generated rechargeable batteries (police, fire, EMS, Public Works/Streets)

• Advocate other entities in your community recycle batteries: hospitals, schools, airports, convention centers, utilities

• Data can be tied for all collections-residential, municipality departments to help with recycling reporting and accountability

Add Rechargeable Batteries to your E-Waste Collection event

Add batteries to your HHW Collection Events

How Call2Recycle can be implemented in your community

Enroll (website- www.call2recycle.org or Customer Service Department (877-723-1297) or by email- [email protected]

Receive a Call2Recycle/RBRC site ID number of each location to be enrolled. This site ID number is unique to your location

Receive materials to either start recycling batteries one of two ways:

Box program

Bulk Ship

Education

DOT and Environmentally Compliant Program• Call2Recycle is compliant with all local, state and federal environmental

regulations; Universal Waste compliant. DOT compliant collection and transport• C2R program is designed, approved and funded by the manufacturers of

rechargeable batteries as an environmental stewardship program • C2R program is model program referenced by USEPA and State of California

battery law• C2R has industry commensurate $5,000,000 environmental impairment/pollution

liability insurance coverage, and $2,000,000 policy for transport coverage• First and only battery recycler recognized as E-Steward by BAN (Basel Action

Network)

Call2Recycle Program Recycling Process

Questions ???

To learn more or to enroll your facility in the Call2Recycle program, please . . .

Visit: www.call2recycle.org

Call our Customer Service Department toll free: (877) 723-1297 or email [email protected]

Call2Recycle Account Mgr .

Tim Warren678-218-4579636-579-9870 (mobile)

[email protected]