FoodWorks takes recycling seriously

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FoodWorks has partnered with Ecobatt, the recycling division of EcoCycle, to offer a convenient household battery recycling service at FoodWorks, Bacchus Marsh. This will be one of a number of collection facilities offered across Australia.

Ecobatt is one of Australia’s largest battery recovery and recycling companies in Australia and is fully licenced by the EPA. Ecobatt can recycle 95% of the materials in a battery, preventing them from going into landfill and leaking toxic materials such as lead and mercury into the environment.

FoodWorks National Procurement Manager, John Leroy said: “We can help local communities take a stand for the environment by making it easy to drop off used batteries as part of their regular weekly shop. By offering this free service, and accepting all household batteries, no matter where they were purchased, we can help the community to participate in the circular economy where waste is recognised as a resource.”

Used batteries contain a number of valuable components that can be recycled and safely used for new batteries or new products, such as fertilisers. Recovered metals like copper, aluminium and steel also have many practical uses in manufacturing and in industrial applications. Despite this, less than 10% of all batteries used in Australia are currently recycled.

Visit a FoodWorks store.

The ecobatt Green Deposit Bin at Foodworks, Bacchus Marsh.

NATIONAL BATTERY RECYCLING PROGRAM 2021

We provide an option for each Smart Collection Unit to be fully sign-written with your own branding with minimal limitations to what you might want on the cabinets.

Ecocycle takes environmental and corporate compliance seriously and is one of the only recycling companies that is ISO9001, 14001, 18001 and AS/NZ 5377 certified.

Ecobatt’s aim is to put one of our smart units in every Foodworks store in Australia, providing your clients with safe and convenient battery recycling.

With the introduction of Australia’s Battery Stewardship scheme starting in 2021 and the marketing campaign leading into it, the time is right for Foodworks to offer an environmentally positive and free service to their customers.

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If you are interested in securing one of these units for your store please fill out the form below, safe this completed document and send back to peter.cage@ecobatt.net

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