Call2Recycle Incorporated reports thanks to consumers, retailers and municipalities 2.6 million kilograms or 5.7 million pounds of batteries were kept out of U.S. and Canadian landfills and recycled so far this year.  In Flin Flon the Recycling Center collects and sends batteries to Call2Recycle. Administrator Deb Odegaard says they have been very pleased with how it’s been going.  She says they shipped 267 kilograms this year which is 587 pounds and usually they’re sending out a couple of boxes a month so it’s working very well for them.

Odegaard adds offices that use a lot of batteries have their own boxes and there is a collection box at City Hall.  Last year Call2Recycle reached a milestone of 100 million pounds in total collected from the U.S. and Canada since launching in 1996.