Re: [GreenYes] household batteries help

["Roger Guttentag" <rgutten@concentric.net>]

Happy Thanksgiving:

In response to your question I think the online battery waste prevention
factsheet developed by Inform is a very good starting point for you.
http://www.informinc.org/cwp2fsbattery.htm

At the bottom of the fact sheet page, under "Additional Information" are
several useful links to market related info sources.  The King County
directory actually covers marketing resources well outside of King County.
Select the link, check off batteries and then select the Submit button at
the bottom of the page.  The Battery Solutions link is also worth checking
out.

The state of Iowa also has a online market directory at:

http://www.recycleiowa.org/publications.htm

Look under the category "Directories"

I think the appropriate search category to select is "Brown Goods and
Accessories - Batteries (Except Lead Acid).  You may try other material
categories as well to see what info they have.

Sincerely,

Roger M. Guttentag
610-584-8836
rgutten@concentric.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Heidi Swets <heidi@spectrum-industries.com>
To: <greenyes@grrn.org>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: [GreenYes] household batteries help


> Greetings.  I wonder if anyone could suggest to me a source of information
> on recycling just plain ol' single-use, household batteries--not the
> rechargeable kind. I am repeatedly asked why there are no recycling
> programs for them.  The implication is, if car batteries and rechargeables
> are recyclable, why not the disposables, which surely have, in their
> cumulative number, a sizeable quantity of useful lead in them.  If anyone
> knows of markets for them, or communities that do have a collection
program
> for them, I'd like to know.  I am in NE Iowa; we run a voluntary drop off
> recycling program for a primarily rural county of roughly 21,000.  We'd
> like to start something here.
>
> Thanks much,
> Heidi Swets
> Spectrum Industries Recycling
>
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