The Flin Flon Recycling Center collects used dry cell batteries which are sent to Call 2 Recycle Canada for recycling.  Call 2 Recycle reports their collection of these batteries and cell phones across North America increased five percent last year to a record 5.7 million kilograms or 12.6 million pounds.  The Administrator at the Flin Flon Recycling Center Deb Odegaard says battery recycling is going well here.  She explains they usually ship one to two boxes a month and sometimes more adding they did half of a metric ton last year which when you think about the size of small batteries that’s quite a lot of batteries out of our community so it’s working really well.

Call 2 Recycle says they ensure that these items which contain valuable resources are responsibly recycled to create new batteries and other products keeping potentially hazardous materials from entering the waste stream.