Did you know that properly recycling your batteries can help protect animals?
Batteries that go in the garbage end up in landfills, adding to solid waste that can be harmful to the environment. That’s why it’s so important that you properly recycle your batteries year-round! When you collect batteries at your school, you’re keeping them out of landfills. You’re also helping to provide recycled materials that can be used to make new batteries, plus other items like sunscreen, and the stainless steel pots in your kitchen! Last year, Call2Recycle collected and recycled over 7 million kg of batteries. That’s about the weight of 1,400 African elephants!
Participate in the Battery Blitz School Mission and do your part to recycle batteries!
This October, in honour of Waste Reduction Month, Earth Rangers and Call2Recycle are running three different Battery Blitz School Mission contests, in Ontario, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island. Over 110 elementary schools will compete for a chance to win 1 of 14 amazing cash prizes! Each participating school will also receive a Free Earth Rangers Assembly! Schools within the same province will compete against each other, and the three schools that bring in the most batteries – by weight – for each province will receive one of these amazing cash Grand Prizes!
Your School Mission is to recycle as many used batteries as you can by encouraging students, parents, staff, and community members to bring them into your school and place them in the Call2Recycle collection boxes. The contest kicks off the week of October 2nd and participating schools will have 4 weeks to collect used batteries
Here’s How it Works:
Ontario Prizes
1st Place:
$5,000 cash prize for the school
2nd Place:
$3,000 cash prize for the school
3rd-7th Place:
$500 cash prize for the school
Spring 2023 Winners
1st place
St. Mark Catholic Elementary School
811.51kg
2nd place
St. George - German Public School
590.49kg
3rd place
Norseman Middle School
562.5kg
4th place
St Bogart CES
526.9kg
5th place
St Christopher ES
484.67kg
7th place
CR Gommow PS
415.08kg
Per Capita prize
Orangeville Christian School
327.36kg
150 students
Winner of “Per Capita” prize in Ontario for most kg per student. Plus, any school that exceeds 750 kg will receive a bonus $150 Visa gift card for a pizza party!
Prince Edward Island Prizes
1st Place:
$3,000 cash prize
for the school
2nd Place:
$2,000 cash prize
for the school
3rd Place:
$1,000 cash prize
for the school
Plus, any school that exceeds 750 kg will receive a bonus $250 Visa gift card for a pizza party!
Manitoba Prizes
1st Place:
$3,000 cash prize
for the school
2nd Place:
$2,000 cash prize
for the school
3rd Place:
$1,000 cash prize
for the school
Spring 2023 Winners
1st place
Linden Lanes School
745.31kg
2nd place
Waverly Park School
611.09kg
3rd place
Hazel M Kellington Public School
408.26kg
Plus, any school that exceeds 750 kg will receive a bonus $150 Visa gift card for a pizza party!
Saskatchewan Prizes
1st Place:
$1,500 cash prize
for the school
2nd Place:
$1,000 cash prize
for the school
3rd Place:
$500 cash prize
for the school
Spring 2023 Winners
1st place
Ernest Lindner School
667.14kg
2nd place
Ecole Wascana Plains School
435.29kg
3rd place
Balgonie School
363.16kg
Plus, any school that exceeds 750 kg will receive a bonus $150 Visa gift card for a pizza party!
British Columbia Prizes
1st Place:
$1,500 cash prize
for the school
2nd Place:
$1,000 cash prize
for the school
3rd Place:
$500 cash prize
for the school
Plus, any school that exceeds 750 kg will receive a bonus $150 Visa gift card for a pizza party!
Call2Recycle collects and recycles millions of kilograms of batteries each year. To find the nearest Call2Recycle collection site, please visit RecycleYourBatteries.ca.
