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Beginning Monday, February 22 through Friday, March 5, the Lyons Township High School Recycling Club will host a battery and old phone recycling drive. All LT students, families and community members are invited to drop their used batteries and old cell phones in the labeled collection boxes in the lobby of each campus.
Spent A, AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt batteries will be accepted at no cost.
According to statistics, Americans throw away more than 3 billion batteries, or about 180,000 tons' worth, each year. In addition, more than 130 million phones are thrown away annually.
According to Recycling Club Sponsor Tom Swiontek, "Recycling is an easy way to reduce waste from disposal in landfills, improve sustainability efforts and protect the environment." Most batteries contain strong and harmful chemicals. It's important to recycle batteries so they don't leak into the environment, water and surrounding ecosystems, he added.
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