Programs

Call2Recycle powers the Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! program, which facilitates the collection and recycling of nearly 5 million kilograms of household batteries (under 5 kg) per year.

As Canada’s largest household battery recycling program, Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! is a turnkey solution helping battery producers meet their Extended Producer Responsibilities, municipalities safely manage hazardous waste disposal, and retailers support ongoing ESG goals and initiatives through a network of over 12,000 drop-off locations from coast to coast.

Household battery recycling regulations vary across provinces and territories, and Call2Recycle helps battery producers meet their Extended Producer Responsibilities wherever they operate, delivering a convenient turnkey solution.

In Quebec, battery regulations were expanded in 2022 to cover certain battery-powered products that contain built-in batteries weighing less than 5 kg. To help producers meet these obligations, Call2Recycle offers a turnkey collection and recycling solution for battery-powered products, as part of our Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! program.

The program supports the safe collection, transport and recycling of eligible products, enabling the recovery of batteries contained in items such as electric toothbrushes, battery-powered toys, smoke alarms, rechargeable flashlights and more.

The program helps manufacturers, importers and retailers meet their Extended Producer Responsibilities (EPR) requirements in Quebec, while also supporting municipalities and other partners in the safe collection and management of battery-powered products and their batteries.

To provide a convenient solution for consumers, the program also collects similar products with removable batteries.

As part of Call2Recycle’s consumer household battery program—Recycle Your Batteries, Canada!—we offer turnkey e-mobility battery recycling services facilitating the collection and recycling of e-mobility batteries that power devices like e-bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards, and hover boards.

In British Columbia, Call2Recycle also offers a separate and distinct BC e-mobility program that supports the collection and recycling of full e-bikes, including the battery, in that province.

These programs not only help e-mobility battery and device producers meet their waste-management obligations, but they also help retailers, municipalities, and other partners manage the safe disposal of lithium-ion batteries, adding to their investment in sustainability, and supporting ongoing ESG initiatives.

Call2Recycle’s turnkey electric vehicle (EV) battery services support the ongoing development of a circular economy for EV batteries, encouraging options for reuse, repurposing, and recycling of used EV batteries, and helping to power the sustainable transition to electric transportation.

Our EV battery program facilitates the collection of EV batteries for recycling or repurposing, helping auto manufacturers meet their waste-management obligations and relieving automotive dismantlers and other partners of unwanted EV batteries.

Call2Recycle, alongside vape producers, has implemented the Recycle Your Vapes program, which facilitates the safe and responsible collection, management, and recycling of battery-powered vapes, e-cigarettes, and their components, including batteries.

As the first program of its kind in Canada, the Recycle Your Vapes program helps producers meet their Extended Producer Responsibilities (EPR) in Quebec by providing safe, convenient and responsible vape recycling facilities to adult consumers. The program also eases the burden on municipalities by ensuring the safe management of vape waste in their communities.