12-year-old Saadhana Dara, right, collects batteries to recycle with Recycle My Battery, and works to help make the world safer and cleaner./Courtesy Saadhana Dara
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Saadhana Dara. Read her story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light.
Seventh grader Saadhana Dara may be young, but she has big and ambitious goals to protect her planet. Saadhana didn’t always know what recycling batteries even mattered or that batteries can’t be disposed of like ordinary trash, but in 2019, she joined forces with Recycle My Battery, a national youth-led campaign to make the Earth a better place.
Saadhana helped grow Recycle My Battery’s small team to hundreds of volunteers. Together, they’ve placed more than 450 battery recycle bins around her town in Edison, New Jersey, and collected over 200,000 batteries…
12-Year-Old Volunteer Recycles Batteries to Protect the Earth
