POCATELLO — Pocatello Centennial Rotary Club will be collecting and recycling lithium-ion batteries and rechargeable devices that you’ve been holding on to in your junk drawers. Bring your discarded batteries and devices to Goodies Deli (905 S. 5th Ave. in Pocatello) from now through April 25 or come to the Pocatello Environmental Fair on April 26 and bring your lithium-ion batteries and rechargeable devices, including smartphones, tablets, electric toothbrushes, laptops, power tool batteries, rechargeable vacuum batteries, wireless headphones, and any other lithium-ion battery and help close the loop.

There is a global imperative to electrify everything from our vehicles to our grids. Lithium-ion batteries are at the heart of powering all these solutions and are made up of the same metals as cobalt, copper, nickel and lithium. At the end of a product’s life, every rechargeable lithium-ion battery is a source for making new batteries and sustainable energy products in the U.S. By responsibly recycling our products and batteries, we keep them out of landfills, reduce the need to mine critical minerals and help increase the security of our domestic supply chains.

Smartphones, laptops and electric vehicles are all powered by lithium-ion batteries, and we can recover more than 95% of the metals from old, end-of-life products and significantly decrease the U.S.’ reliance on newly mined materials and overseas supply chains. However, today, few pathways exist to get these old products recycled responsibly, resulting in a national recycling rate of about 5%. Redwood Materials is on a mission to collect as many of these old products as possible to sustainably recycle, refine and remanufacture these batteries here in America.

Note that this event is specific to lithium-ion batteries. We cannot accept other e-waste such as power cords, flat-screen TVs, printers, copiers or circuit boards.

Every rechargeable lithium-ion battery is a source for making new batteries and sustainable products. Recycling keeps batteries out of landfills, reduces the need to mine critical minerals and helps increase the security of our domestic supply chains.

For more information, including where to find lithium-ion batteries throughout your home, visit redwoodmaterials.com/recyclewithus.