Redwood’s Consumer Recycling Program – Advocate Toolkit
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Introducing Redwood’s Advocate Toolkit – a comprehensive resource spanning the basics of battery and device recycling, to the individual and community efforts shaping our clean energy future. Together, we can make consumer battery recycling safe, effortless, and free.
TOOLKIT
Download the toolkit to:
- Learn about lithium-ion batteries and safe recycling methods
- Access templates for community outreach
- Understand the role you can play in fostering responsible recycling habits
Redwood Consumer Recycling Program
Redwood's Consumer Recycling Program is a nationwide initiative aimed at educating, engaging, and providing accessible recycling solutions for consumer batteries and devices.
Why recycle
Consumer devices contribute to the world’s fastest growing waste stream.
Americans spend trillions of dollars on electronics and discard hundreds of millions of devices each year. Very few of these products are recycled responsibly.
5%
Low recycling rate
Less than 5% of lithium-ion containing devices are recycled.
3 years
Ownership cycle
Consumers keep their devices on average for 3 years.
150M
Amount of waste
Americans throw out over 150 million phones every year.
Why recycle