LITHIUM-ION BATTERY RECYCLING DAY

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Apr 20, 2024  9am - 3pm

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Lithium batteries can catch fire or explode when mishandled; here’s how to dispose of them safely. Only rechargeable items that use lithium batteries can be recycled.
The largest lithium and cobalt mines in the Western Hemisphere are in our ​country’s junk drawers. Recovering materials from old products would ​significantly reduce society’s reliance on newly mined materials.

Since 2022, Rotary clubs across the United States are collaborating with ​Redwood Materials, the first U.S.-based battery recycling plant to host ​collection drives, yielding tens of thousands of pounds of cell phones, ​laptops, power drills, electric toothbrushes, and other rechargeable ​electronics.