It’s Kuhl To Recycle: Where Batteries Go To Die

Call2Recycle Has 30,000 Drop-Off Locations

By Mark Kuhl

For the GPHN

Call2Recycle is a comprehensive nationwide rechargeable battery recycling program funded by the nonprofit Rechargeable Battery Recycling Company. Since 1994 Call2Recycle has built a network of more than 30,000 battery drop-off locations, which can be found at their website Call2Recycle.org. The rechargeable battery drop-off that is closest to Park Hill is the Home Depot at 3870 Quebec St. Most other Home Depots and Lowes will also take your rechargeable batteries for recycling. Bring your dead single-use alkaline batteries to Staples in Glendale, at 870 S. Colorado Blvd. Several years down the road when your eBike battery dies, check out Calll2Recycle as they’re collaborating with the industry to build out an eBike battery recycling program.

Mark Kuhl is an environmental advocate who lives in Park Hill with his family. His handy tips and news about recycling household items appear every month in these pages. A directory of his past columns for recycling everything from paint to Styrofoam to shoes is at greaterparkhill.org/sustainability/recycling-directory/.