The Responsible Battery Coalition (RBC) has applauded Backhaul Alaska’s successful 2021 program, which retrieved and recycled approximately 100,000 pounds of spent lead acid batteries from more than three dozen remote Alaskan communities.
The Backhaul Alaska program, administered by the Solid Waste Alaska Taskforce (SWAT), includes the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Kawerak, and the non-profit Zender Environmental Health, which manages the program on a daily basis.
“RBC is proud to partner with Backhaul Alaska in making progress towards creating a more circular economy for vehicle batteries, and by doing so helping to protect human health and the environment in these remote communities,” says Steve Christensen, executive director of the Responsible Battery Coalition. “Only through extensive coordination and cooperation…
Backhaul Alaska helps recycle 100,000 pounds of batteries
