City of North Bay Recognized as a 2021 Leader in Sustainability

North Bay, ON – March 7, 2022 – The City of North Bay has been named by Call2Recycle Canada, Inc. as a 2021 Leader in Sustainability.

The Leader in Sustainability Award is granted each year to organizations that display exceptional commitment to battery recycling. The City of North Bay collected 6,573 kilograms of household batteries through the Call2Recycle® program during 2021, making it one of the program’s top-performing partners.

With this recognition, the City joins a celebrated group of major retailers, waste recyclers, municipalities, and businesses, setting a standard for organizational leadership in this area.

“Each year, Canadians recycle more and more of their used batteries with Call2Recycle thanks to the exceptional partnership of organizations like the City of North Bay. Its commitment to sustainability and diverting batteries from the waste stream for reuse in new products is making a real difference,” said Joe Zenobio, President of Call2Recycle Canada, Inc. “With the City of North Bay’s support, we have been able to achieve record collection targets year after year, helping to protect wildlife, the environment and our communities by keeping toxic metals out of landfill.”

The City of North Bay has been collecting and shipping batteries for recycling through its Household Hazardous Waste Depot on Patton Street for approximately 20 years. 

“We’re proud to be named a leader in sustainability and I would like to thank our residents for helping us achieve this recognition,” said Mayor Al McDonald. “As a City we are committed to becoming more environmentally sustainable through continued support and participation in programs that will help keep hazardous materials from polluting our environment and that divert recyclables from our landfill.”

About Call2Recycle Canada

Call2Recycle® is the provincially-approved consumer battery collection and recycling program for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island, and operates as a registered Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) in Ontario according to the Ontario Batteries Regulation. Call2Recycle accepts household batteries (weighing up to 5 kg) for recycling and eMobility batteries used to power eBikes, eScooters, eHoverboards and eSkateboards.

Since its inception in 1997, Call2Recycle has diverted over 33 million kilograms of batteries from Canadian landfills and meets or exceeds the most rigorous recycling standards for safe battery recycling and management. Working on behalf of its stakeholders and with a network of more than 9000 participating collection locations across Canada, Call2Recycle Canada continues its pursuit of ensuring responsible battery recycling is accessible for all. Learn more at call2recycle.ca or call 1.888.224.9764.