Dive Brief:

• 1800Recycling.com and Call2Recycle Inc. have launched a collaborative effort aimed at increasing battery collection rates and improving the recycling infrastructure. 
• The two companies will work together to integrate Call2Recycle’s U.S. public battery collection network into 1800Recycling’s database.
• Customers will be able to use the searchable database to determine convenient locations to drop off unwanted batteries for proper recycling. 

Dive Insight:

The companies are looking to simplify the process of battery recycling for consumers and see the database as a way to accomplish this. Both firms hope to eliminate confusion surrounding battery recycling, consequently leading to higher recycling rates for disposable batteries. 

This isn't the only partnership aimed at boosting recycling rates that 1800Recycling has launced recently. At the beginning of September, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and 1800Recycling.com announced a partnership that serves to educate visitors about the scrap recycling industry.