Mission
Call2Recycle® is Canada’s leading national consumer battery recycling organization which, on behalf of our Members, safely maximizes the diversion of batteries from landfills through an established and convenient collection network.
Vision
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
The Call2Recycle battery collection and recycling program manages all aspects of extended producer responsibility (EPR) end-of-life battery management obligations on behalf of over 400 members. Call2Recycle makes regulatory compliance easy for its members by managing consumer battery collections and reporting requirements in compliance with provincial end-of-life product regulations.
EFFECTIVE COST MANAGEMENT
Call2Recycle prides itself on operating as a cost-effective and transparent program, regularly reporting on operations and financials, and always seeking and implementing efficiencies to maintain best-in-class status. Due to its national scope, Call2Recycle achieves economies of scale as well as program harmonization across regulated provinces. All elements of the program are reviewed annually and shared with members.
SIMPLE & RESPONSIVE
Call2Recycle offers an easy-to-implement, turnkey battery collection and recycling program for retailers, public agencies, municipal depots, private businesses, and government buildings.Call2Recycle is a trusted partner, offering immediate response to collection inquiries, and the preferred consumer battery collection and recycling program for hundreds of national and local retailers across the country.
SAFETY FOCUSED
Call2Recycle is the only R2-certified battery stewardship program in Canada, adhering to the most rigorous standards in the world for the safe collection, transportation, recycling, and management of batteries. This includes protecting collection boxes with a flame-retardant liner for an added layer of safety. Call2Recycle maintains an approved group of downstream vendors ,all of whom must comply with annual audits, consistent with the requirements found in the provisions of the R2:2013 standard.
CONSUMER EDUCATION & AWARENESS
To increase consumer awareness on the importance of responsible end-of-life battery management, Call2Recycle develops and implements national and provincial consumer education campaigns and battery collection approaches based on proprietary Canadian recycling behaviour research.
