Did you know that 90% of the material in batteries can be recycled and that it’s illegal in California to throw away used batteries in the trash or recycling bin? Electronic waste (e-waste) in general has also become the world’s fastest-growing waste stream but with only a 17% recycling rate.

To celebrate 2023 Earth Month, the STEM club and Women in STEM club are co-hosting a battery drive from April 3-28.

For the 4-week battery drive that starts on April 3rd, the battery collection sites have been set up around the campus, and their locations are updated constantly in this live document (tinyurl.com/1MB-locations). All batteries collected through the event will be counted towards the One Million Batteries (1MB) campaign that is aimed at collecting and recycling one million used batteries (onemillionbatteries.org).

For more info and FAQs, please check tinyurl.com/Earth-Day-EC. See the Battery Drive Flyer and E-waste Event Flyer for details. Email [email protected] for more information.