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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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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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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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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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Catching Up with Muskoka Christian School!

January 27, 2017

Mike Kersley of Raw Materials Company speaks with Andrea Clarke at Muskoka Christian School to learn more about their program and how they have been able to achieve such impressive results!  

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Congratulations Antonio! First Battery Boss of the year!

October 27, 2016

The Challenge just started and we already have our first Battery Boss of the year! Congratulations Antonio!

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