Many New Jersey counties have been collecting household batteries for recycling and proper disposal since the early 1990s. Due to regulatory changes and less hazardous battery compositions, collection practices may change. This page provides an area for ANJHHWC to track issues, resources and discussions related to the changes in dry-cell battery management that occurred at the beginning of 2010.
New Jersey County Hazardous Waste Websites and New Battery Recycling Information Posted
Atlantic – Web Page- Bergen – Web Page
- Burlington – PDF
- Camden – None
- Cape May – Web Page
- Cumberland – Web Page
- Essex – PDF
- Gloucester – Web Page
- Hudson – None
- Hunterdon – None
- Mercer – PDF
- Middlesex – PDF1, PDF2
- Monmouth – None
- Morris – Web Page , PDF
- Ocean – Web Page, PDF1, PDF2
- Passaic – None
- Salem – Webpage – Lists rechargeable batteries as acceptable item at HHW events.
- Somerset – Web Page
- Sussex – PDF
- Union – Web Page
- Warren – Web Page
Battery Management Public Service Announcements (Audio) – Below are two public service announcements (PSA), 26 and 55 seconds in length, producded by the ANJHHWC in 2010 promoting the Call2Recycle rechargeable battery recycling program. Feel free to save these PSAs and to get them broadcast in New Jersey.
- 26 second PSA – If It’s Rechargeable, It’s Recyclable
- 55 second PSA – If It’s Rechargeable, It’s Recyclable
Battery Management Documents
Press Stories Regarding Battery Management
RBRC Grant -In November 2009 the RBRC provided a $15,000 grant to the ANJHHWC to promote its rechargeable battery recycling program. The goals of the “Rechargeables are Recyclable” grant program are to:
- Implement a sustainable and successful rechargeable battery recycling program in New Jersey in conjunction with Call2Recycle®.
- Educate 8.6 million New Jersey residents using a broad based mixed media outreach campaign about rechargeable battery recycling and its positive affect on our landfill, water quality and health.
- Divert rechargeable battery waste from landfills and waste-to-energy facilities and to prevent pollution.
- Educate the public on how to keep disposable or used alkaline batteries out of the Call2Recycle® rechargeable battery program.
Above is a copy of a Newark Star Ledger ad that ran on April 21, 2010. This ad was also running in the Atlantic City Press and Courier News on this day and will also run in all 3 papers on April 23, 2010.
2010-08-03 – Battery Posters at Train Stations – This PDF shows pictures at 3 different NJ Transit train stations on August 3, 2010 promoting the “If It’s Rechargeable, It’s Recyclable” battery campaign. Below is the photo from Princeton Junction train station.
Web Ads on NJ.com – ANJHHWC established two week web banner ad campaign from September 13-27th which was in all news sections in each county on http://www.nj.com. There were 250,000 web impressions during those two weeks and when people clicked on the banner they were directed to the RBRC website.
Screenshots of web banner ads run on NJ.com
RBRC Collection Tally – The year 2010 goal based on implementation of the grant program is to increase the rechargeable battery recycling tonages handled by the RBRC from New Jersey by 15% in comparison to 2009 figures. Our 2010 target was to hit 105K pounds and we hit 111K pounds!!! We exceeded the 15% targeted increase. See the chart below for more information.
Month |
2009 |
2010 Actual |
15% Increase 2010 Goal |
2009 to 2010 Difference |
| Jan | 10,159 | 7,288 | 11,682.85 | (4,394.85) |
| Feb | 6,760 | 6,222 | 7,774.00 | (1,552.00) |
| Mar | 5,639 | 8,297 | 6,484.85 | 1,812.15 |
| Apr | 5,168 | 7,766 | 5,943.20 | 1,822.80 |
| May | 4,822 | 7,597 | 5,545.30 | 2,051.70 |
| Jun | 6,533 | 9,529 | 7,509.50 | 2,996.00 |
| Jul | 5,775 | 12,618 | 6,641.25 | 6,843.00 |
| Aug | 6,466 | 8,608 | 7,435.90 | 2,142.00 |
| Sep | 8,093 | 10,049 | 9,306.92 | 1,956.00 |
| Oct | 17,888 | 10,870 | 20,571 | (9,701) |
| Nov | 6,292 | 11,689 | 7,236 | 4,453 |
| Dec | 7,742 | 11,374 | 8,903 | 2,471 |
| Totals | 91,334 | 111,907 | 105,034 | 6,873 |
Carole T just reported that the newspaper ad dates for the battery recycling ads are as follows:
Star Ledger – 21st, 23rd
Atlantic City Press – 21st, 22nd
Courier Post – 22nd, 29th
The information below was emailed to some ANJHHWC members in early August 2010 and I wanted to share it with every one.
As you know, the battery subcommittee has been working diligently to complete the tasks outlined in the RBRC grant.
Thus far we’ve accomplished the following tasks
-Advertisements in three newspapers (Star Ledger, Atlantic City Press, Courier News) during Earth Week.
- Informational Brochure which can be found here http://njhazwaste.com/hot-topics/batteries/
-Press release which can also be found at the above web address.
-Printed 600 posters which were distributed to all counties in the spring.
-Distributed postcards to all Counties in late July. We are recommending that you send the postcards to one or more of the following locations – your Municipal/County fire/police/OEM/EMS officials, large businesses, general contractors, and wireless communication stores. Attached is a list of current RBRC locations.
-NJ Transit ads in buses across the State, light rail in Hudson, Bergen, Camden, Mercer, Essex, and the following train stations: Long Branch, Newark Penn, Rutherford, Ramsey, Morristown, Cranford, Westfield, Chatham, Middletown, Belmar, Edison, Morris Plains and Princeton Junction. Attached is a picture at Princeton Junction.
-Developed and distributed 30 and 60 second PSAs to 98 radio stations. (PSAs attached, and hopefully Larry can put them on the website)
-In addition, we will be doing a two week web banner ad campaign from September 13-27th and it will be on ALL News Sections in each county on http://www.nj.com. There will be a total of 250,000 web impressions during those two weeks. If people click on the banner, they will be directed to the RBRC website.
The goal of the grant is to increase by 15% the amount of rechargeable batteries recycled in NJ through the RBRC program for 2010. Although there are currently more batteries being collected this year, there were a few large shipments in October 2009 that pushed last year’s numbers up, so we need to start collecting many more rechargeables to reach our goal at the end of the year.