Winnipeg, MB - The Winnipeg Public Library is teaming up with Call2Recycling, Canada's national consumer battery stewardship program to launch a competition for Waste Reduction Week, October 19 to 25.
Winnipeg Public Library branches will compete to see which branch can collect the most household batteries for recycling during national Waste Reduction Week. The library that collects the most weight in batteries will be awarded a prize by Call2Recycle and declared “Winnipeg Waste Ace.” Used batteries weighing up to five kilograms each and cell phone with or without batteries, regardless of make, model or age will be accepted.
Batteries can be dropped off to any Winnipeg Public Library location for recycling. Libraries also accepts batteries and cellphones for recycling year-round. For more information on the Waste Reduction Week competition, please see Call2Recycle - 2015 Waste Reduction Week. To find your nearest Winnipeg Public Library branch, please visit winnipeg.ca/library.
The winning library and holder of the “Winnipeg Waste Ace” title will be announced in mid- November 2015.
About Call2Recycle
The genesis of Waste Reduction Week occurred in the mid-1980s when like-minded local government and environmental organizations in Canada first began collaborating to improve environmental awareness. Since 2001, the week became a branded national initiative and is now an annual event. Organizers and participants in include schools, businesses, non-profits, individuals and government departments from each of the 13 participating provincial and territorial jurisdictions across Canada.
“After the success of the “Winnipeg Waste Ace” contest in 2013, we are delighted to partner with Winnipeg Public Library once again to create more awareness around battery recycling and to keep batteries out of the Winnipeg landfills, “said Delphine Lagourgue, Regional Director, Call2Recycle. “It is important for people to realize just how easy battery recycling can be with so many convenient locations where they can drop them off.”