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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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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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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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National Battery Day - February 18th!
February 18, 2021
It’s interesting to see how far we’ve come since Benjamin Franklin and the early experiments that lead to the Voltaic Pile and the batteries we know today. Learn more about how batteries were invented!
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Recycle Batteries to Support SickKids Foundation VS Campaign!
February 8, 2021
Since 1875, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has provided children and their families with world-class care, support and research to improve the health and wellbeing of children living in Ontario and around the world.
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Congratulations Aiden! First Battery Boss of the Year!
November 17, 2020
Folks, it’s official! The first Battery Boss of the 2020-2021 Ontario Schools Battery Recycling Challenge is Aiden of Springfield Public School!
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7th Annual OSBRC Starts Today!
October 19, 2020
It’s Waste Reduction Week which marks the first day of the Ontario Schools Battery Recycling Challenge (OSBRC) provided by Raw Materials Company of Port Colborne, Ontario.
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