Comments on: Call2Recycle Makes Recycling Rechargeable Batteries Easier http://thecareyadventures.com/blog/2009/call2recycle-makes-recycling-rechargeable-batteries-easier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=call2recycle-makes-recycling-rechargeable-batteries-easier EXPLORE - INSPIRE - EDUCATE Wed, 23 May 2012 20:39:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Theresa http://thecareyadventures.com/blog/2009/call2recycle-makes-recycling-rechargeable-batteries-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Theresa Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:12:57 +0000 http://thecareyadventures.com/blog/2009/call2recycle-makes-recycling-rechargeable-batteries-easier/#comment-1024 Peter, Thanks for the plug about free rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling. You'll be glad to know that all of the recycling process is done in North America. It's a wasteless process where nothing goes into the landfills. Everything is melted down and reusable metals extracted to make new things like stainless steel and new batteries. Even the stuff leftover after the process, called "slag", is used for road aggragate. Pretty cool, huh? While the .com in the URL will work too and get to the web page, the program is actually a nonprofit and promotes the .org address. Its a product stewardship program funded by the guys who make those rechargeable batteries and cordless electronics powered by them. In 2004 when the program expanded to include cell phone recycling, it created the program name Call2Recycle as a play on words, user friendlier than RBRC, and because it was a call to action. Did you know that the average user upgrades their cell phones every 18-24 months (with the battery still in it)? Happy travels and thanks for recycling. Peter, Thanks for the plug about free rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling. You’ll be glad to know that all of the recycling process is done in North America. It’s a wasteless process where nothing goes into the landfills. Everything is melted down and reusable metals extracted to make new things like stainless steel and new batteries. Even the stuff leftover after the process, called “slag”, is used for road aggragate. Pretty cool, huh?

While the .com in the URL will work too and get to the web page, the program is actually a nonprofit and promotes the .org address. Its a product stewardship program funded by the guys who make those rechargeable batteries and cordless electronics powered by them.

In 2004 when the program expanded to include cell phone recycling, it created the program name Call2Recycle as a play on words, user friendlier than RBRC, and because it was a call to action. Did you know that the average user upgrades their cell phones every 18-24 months (with the battery still in it)?

Happy travels and thanks for recycling.

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