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Dispose of Your Lithium-Ion Batteries Properly at a Community Battery Recycling Event!
When:
Saturday, November 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where:
- Monterey Peninsula College, Parking Lot A
- Salinas Sports Complex, 1034 North Main Street, Main Driveway
- Soledad, Circuit Family Fitness, 115 Alder Street, Back Parking Lot
What:
All household products containing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries can be dropped off, including (but not limited to) laptops, phones, tablets, power tools, electric toothbrushes, vaping devices, TV remotes and wireless headphones and numerous other devices and appliances. Batteries do not need to be removed.
Other types of e-waste and regular household batteries will not be accepted.
Why:
When these batteries are thrown into trash or recycling bins, there is a high risk of fire. That’s a danger to our local environment and workers. In addition, these rechargeable batteries contain rare minerals, often mined in environmentally destructive and unsafe ways. Instead, we can recover these scarce metals from non-working or not needed products. With your help, manufacturers can recycle old lithium-ion batteries into new electric vehicle batteries, which are in growing demand. Let’s take charge and mine the junk drawers of Monterey County!
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