2023 Call2Recycle Battery Blitz School Mission Contest

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:

  • The Battery Blitz School Mission Contest will kick off on Monday, October 2, 2023, and end on Tuesday, November 3, 2023
  • Participating schools will receive a Free Earth Rangers School Assembly
  • Battery collection boxes will be sent to your school, and students will be asked to bring in their used batteries over a 4 week period
  • Each school will receive 20 collection boxes in total to start. To order more boxes please contact Brenda Reid at breid@call2recycle.ca
  • In addition to common, single-use batteries, any battery less than 5kg can be brought in to be recycled, including those found in:
    • Power tools
    • Video game consoles
    • Digital and video cameras
    • Watches (with the exception of wet-cell batteries)
  • For safety reasons, we ask that you please place batteries in a clear plastic bag or cover battery terminals with tape (electrical/duct/packing) before bringing them to school, as some types of batteries can spark when their terminals touch metal or other batteries. Please refer to Call2Recycle’s information page for more info!
  • After your 4 week period of battery collection is completed, your school must call Purolator at 1-888-744-7123 to have your battery collection boxes picked up
  • All batteries will be collected and weighed and winning schools will be announced in December.

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!

Click here for contest rules and regulations

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!

Click here for contest rules and regulations

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!

Click here for contest rules and regulations

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!

Click here for contest rules and regulations

Congratulations to the winning schools from the 2023 Spring contest.

Call2Recycle collects and recycles millions of kilograms of batteries each year. To find the nearest Call2Recycle collection site, please visit RecycleYourBatteries.ca.