Our Projects School Battery Retrieval Competition 2011-2012 About the Program The Competition Input from the school during the competition How your school can participate in this program Instructions and Guideline Pickup Information and Instructions Frequently asked questions (FAQ) Educational Material/Download Award and recognition The Competition Discarded batteries can dangers to personal health and the environment. Properly dispose them to keep dangerous chemicals such as mercury and cadmium out of our landfill. Students will learn about the importance of battery recycling. This program consists of training, collecting, and recycling of household batteries. Schools in Markham will participate through a competition each school year. Input from the school during the competition Our EcoWatch personnel will work closely with your school. Before the competition start, our volunteers will deliver the starter kit to the school and place the recycling bin to a location according to application form. The starter kit contains all the necessary information and accessories that you will need throughout the competition. The only input we need during the competition is a contact (either a teacher or student) to inform us once the recycling bin is being fill up. Then we will arrange a pick-up and deliver the collected batteries to the hazardous waste treatment plant. At the end of the competition, the winning school (based on average battery weight collected per student), will be rewarded and recognized for their efforts. Instructions and Guideline To minimize the duration of keeping the used batteries in the schools, we will be partnering with Call2Recycle to collect the used batteries. The school will receive a durable paper recycle box at the begining of the school year The school can call the Purolator pick-up number once the box is filled up The Purolator will pick-up the batteries and replace the recycle box with a new box The weight of the batteries will be calculated automatically with the information on the box The batteries will be shipped to the recycling facility for seperation and recycling If you have any questions or suggestions to the program, please feel free to contact us. Pickup Information and Instructions When the battery recycling box is full, to arrange a pickup, please do one of the following: If your school has an existing daily Purolator pick up. You can leave it to your shipping/receiving dept.            Or If no regular Purolator pick up exists, please can call 1-888-SHIP-123 for a pick up when needed. Frequently asked questions (FAQ) During the school year, we will be answering all questions we received from the schools in this section. Q: Last year we recycled all received batteries. The box that arrived this year says that we should only be receiving rechargeable batteries. Is that correct? That we can only accept rechargeable batteries? A: No, for our recycling program, we will continue to collect both alkaline and rechargeable household batteries, and our partnering battery recycler (Call2Rcycle) will support our program to recycle non-rechargeable batteries. Q:There are plastics bags provided, what are they used for? A:The plastics bags are provided to separate and to protect ourselves from the chemicals inside the rechargeable batteries. Such as cell phone batteries. Q:There are plastics bags provided, what are they used for? A:The plastics bags are provided to separate and to protect ourselves from the chemicals inside the rechargeable batteries. Such as cell phone batteries.   Educational Material/Download Poster - Why recycle batteries? Environmental crossword puzzle Award and recognition The winning schools will receive a trophy, and the following prizes: TBD Additional gifts will be given at the ceremony Schools participating in the program Thank all of the school participants for taking part in this program to protect our environment. Armadale Public School Ashton Meadows Public School Ballantrae Public School Cedarwood Public School Coledale Public School Donald Cousens Public School Ellen Fairclough Public School James Robinson Public School Mount Joy Public School Ramer Wood Public School Randall Public School Bayview Secondary School Markham District High School Milliken Mills High School Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School Reesor Park Public School Richmond Rose Public School San Lorenzo Ruiz Catholic Elementary School St Vincent de Paul Catholic School St. Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary School St. Justin Martyr Elementary school Stonebridge Public School Unionville Meadows Public School Unionville Public School Wilclay Public School Wismer Public School St. Robert Catholic High School Stouffville District Secondary School Unionville High School How your school can participate in this program If your school would like to take the initiative to protect our environment, please fill out the online application form to register your school for the competition and protect the environment. Please click HERE to go the online application form. A comfirmation email will send to you after completing the registration with instructions. This program is offered only to Schools in York Region area. Program Partners