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OSBRC Student Mission Draw Winners!

December 19, 2022

Five lucky students were randomly selected from more than a hundred students eligible for the first Visa Gift Card Draw of the 2022-2023 OSBRC Challenge.

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Congratulations Jedydiah! First Battery Boss of the Year!

October 31, 2022

On October 18, Jedydiah completed his fifth Student Mission to become the first official Battery Boss of the year!

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Ontario Curbside Battery Collections Schedule

October 18, 2022

Will you be recycling your dead batteries at the curb this fall? See the list of Ontario communities scheduled for Fall 2022!

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Batteries Dead? Recycle Instead! Spring 2022

March 1, 2022

Will you be recycling your dead batteries at the curb this spring? See the list of Ontario communities scheduled for Spring 2022!

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Can you imagine a life without batteries?

February 18, 2022

It’s hard to imagine, isn’t it? If you’re like me, you depend on batteries everyday. They're all around us. The battery in our watches keeps us on time like the battery in our cellphones keeps us in touch. You could say that batteries power our lives or empower us to live better lives.

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Cole was the First Battery Boss of the Year!

November 8, 2021

On October 25, Cole of Lakefield District Public School completed his fifth Student Mission to become the first Battery Boss of the year!

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8th Annual OSBRC Starts Today!

October 18, 2021

The Ontario Schools Battery Recycling Challenge, by Raw Materials Company, started today and it’s scheduled to run until May 13, 2022. Its purpose is to teach students and their families about the proper way to handle and store household batteries.

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Batteries Dead? Recycle Instead! Fall 2021

September 22, 2021

Will you be recycling your dead batteries at the curb this fall? See the list of Ontario communities scheduled for Fall 2021!

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OSBRC Wraps up Earth Day!

March 30, 2021

There is only three weeks left to recycle batteries before the Ontario Schools Battery Recycling Challenge wraps up on Earth Day - April 22nd, 2021. So far, 96 Ontario schools have recycled 727,232 batteries!

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Batteries Dead? Recycle Instead! Spring 2021

February 23, 2021

Will you be recycling your dead batteries at the curb this spring? Click here to see the list of Ontario communities scheduled for Spring 2021!

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