Since 2022, Rotary clubs across the United States have been collaborating with Redwood Materials, the first U.S.-based battery recycling plant, to host collection drives yielding tens of thousands of pounds of cell phones, laptops, power drills, electric toothbrushes, and other rechargeable electronics. If materials are recovered from old products, society’s reliance on newly mined materials is significantly reduced.

Rotary District 5030 of the Greater Seattle area is holding an Electronics Waste Recycling Event for disposal of lithium-ion batteries and devices that contain them.

When:

April 20, 2024

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where:

Town Center at Lake Forest Park

17171 Bothell Way NE

Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

Popular items to bring:

Cell phones

Electric toothbrushes

Laptops

Power tool batteries

Tablets

Wireless headphones

Any other rechargeable device with a lithium-ion battery

You may bring the entire item if it's difficult to remove the battery

Before dropping off personal devices, be sure to delete your data

More information and additional collection sites are available here