The largest lithium and cobalt mines in the Western Hemisphere are in our ​country’s junk drawers. If we recover materials from old products, we ​significantly reduce society’s reliance on newly mined materials.

Since 2022, Rotary clubs across the United States are 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.