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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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OSBRC Wraps up another Fantastic Year!

April 19, 2019

That’s it! At 5:00 p.m. today, we froze the OSBRC Leaderboards to mark the end of this year’s Ontario Schools Battery Recycling Challenge! What a fantastic season everyone! You did an awesome job for the environment, your communities and the SickKids Foundation!

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Congratulations Violet of Port Rowan - First Battery Boss of the Year!

November 5, 2018

It wasn’t even the end of the very first day before Violet of Port Rowan Public School completed her fifth mission to become the first Battery Boss of the Challenge!

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Liam is the First Battery Boss of the Year!

November 2, 2017

Liam was the first student to finish all five OSBRC Student Missions! Liam now has two chances to win in upcoming December 8th prize draw!

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4th Annual OSBRC Starts Today!

October 16, 2017

In its fourth year, the OSBRC has grown into a community of thoughtful citizens. A group of schools working toward a common goal to recycle as many batteries as they use each year. 

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Last Day of the Ontario Schools Battery Recycling Challenge

April 21, 2017

At 5:00 p.m. the OSBRC Leaderboard was frozen, marking the end of this year’s Ontario Schools Battery Recycling Challenge! The program reached 70,000 students again this year, only you recycled almost 10,000 more kilograms! 

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Honora Wins OSBRC Great Wolf Lodge Family Day Prize Draw!

March 9, 2017

On an unseasonably warm March morning, Wiley the Wolf ventured far from his den to pay a special visit to St. Cecilia Catholic School in Toronto to present a sixth grade student named Honora with a family trip to Great Wolf Lodge!

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Great Wolf Lodge Prize Draw Coming Up February 20th, 2017!

February 2, 2017

Speaking for all of us here at Raw Materials Company, one of the most rewarding parts of our job is seeing the smiling faces on all the students that have submitted Student Missions over the years.

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Ontario Schools Ahead at the Holiday!

November 29, 2016

We're halfway through the seventh week and so far the pace has been spectacular! To date, OSBRC schools have recycled 7,450 kilograms!

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