Media Release: June 1, 2009
NIPISSING
ENVIRONMENTAL WATCH &
LAKE NIPISSING STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
14,824 Pounds of Dead Batteries Collected!
Congratulations
are extended to St.
Joseph – Scollard Hall of North Bay and F. J. McElligott Secondary
School of Mattawa for winning our Eighth Annual Used Household Battery
Collection Competition.
By collecting an unbelievable 4,409 pounds of
batteries St. Joseph – Scollard Hall won $400 for collecting the most batteries.
With just 120 students collecting 1,634 pounds of batteries, F.
J. McElligott Secondary School won $400 for collecting the most batteries
per student.
Some 5,700
students from eleven area high schools collected 14,824 pounds (6,724 kilograms) of batteries. This
represents a 38 % increase over
last year. It is well over seven
tons of batteries and is equivalent to about 346,800
AA size batteries.
While
the battery collection competition diverts thousands of batteries from the
landfill sites, the primary purpose of the competition is to raise the
awareness about the proper disposal of hazardous waste. In North
Bay, batteries and other hazardous waste should be taken to the Household
Hazardous Waste Depot at 112 Patton Street.
Over the
past eight years, local high school students have collected 61,189 pounds (28,190 kilograms) of
used household batteries.
Nipissing
Environmental Watch and the Lake Nipissing Stewardship Council would like
to thank the TD Friends of the
Environment Foundation for generously funding this competition.
For further
information, please contact Trevor Schindeler at 474-7600 ext. 5407.
