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GreenVantage Plus Program: <br />Call2Recycle’s Consumer Battery Collection & Recycling Program <br />Call2Recycle, Inc. (d.b.a. Call2Recycle®) <br />and Kittitas County Solid Waste <br />GreenVantage Plus is Call2Recycle’s battery recycling program that provides an incentive to help municipalities offset the handling <br />and operating costs of collecting rechargeable batteries, while primary batteries are accepted at a cost <br />Kittitas County Solid Waste is a county and Call2Recycle® is operated by the non-profit Call2Recycle, Inc. Call2Recycle, <br />Inc. and Kittitas County Solid Waste hereby agree to: <br />1.Scope of the Program: Call2Recycle® supports thousands of businesses, communities, and retailers in offering battery and <br />cellphone drop-off locations. Call2Recycle, Inc., operates the Call2Recycle® used battery recycling program. That program is <br />supported by the rechargeable battery industry to ensure the safe collection and recycling of certain types of rechargeable <br />batteries. Call2Recycle’s collection system safely collects and recycles consumer rechargeable and primary batteries (as that <br />term is defined below), and after collection, are sent to corresponding facilities for further handling. The cost of these and <br />related activities are not paid by the rechargeable battery industry. Kittitas County Solid Waste is willing to subsidize <br />the limited expansion of the Call2Recycle® program to handle primary consumer batteries collected at Kittitas County <br />Solid Waste own facilities. <br />At this time, batteries and cellphones collected through the Call2Recycle® program in the USA are either sent to Wistron <br />in McKinney, Texas or to INMETCO in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania for consolidation and sorting. The materials are separated <br />by type and recycled at various processing locations in North America. Call2Recycle, Inc. may employ other sorting and/or <br />processing facilities in the future as appropriate and at its sole discretion. <br />Cellphones are recycled or refurbished and resold when possible, currently through Market Velocity. The batteries from <br />the collected cellphones are recycled in North America, and none of the reclaimed materials from the recycling process of <br />batteries and cellphones is sent to landfills (domestic or abroad). <br />Call2Recycle® is the first program of its kind to receive the Responsible Recycling Practices Standard (R2) certification for <br />the management of the collection and distribution of batteries and cellphones to downstream processors for recycling. <br />Also, Call2Recycle is qualified as an e-Steward by the Basel Action Network (BAN) which acknowledges the proper disposal <br />of batteries and cellphones. <br />2.Accepted Materials: Accepted materials in the Call2Recycle® program include dry-cell rechargeable batteries (Nickel Cadmium, <br />Nickel Metal Hydride, Lithium Ion, Nickel Zinc, and Small Sealed Lead Acid) each weighing 11 lbs. or less; cellphones (and their <br />batteries) – regardless of size, make, model or age; consumer primary batteries (a non-rechargeable battery weighing 5 lbs. or <br />less, including alkaline, carbon-zinc and lithium metal batteries. Consumer primary batteries does not include batteries <br />intended for industrial or other non-personal use). <br />3.Collection Costs: The Call2Recycle® program will be provided to Kittitas County Solid Waste, who commits to collect <br />at least 1,800 lbs. of rechargeable batteries annually, in addition to any primary batteries. <br />a.Rechargeable: Call2Recycle® agrees to offset rechargeable collection costs for Kittitas County Solid Waste at <br />the following rate of $0.20/lb when they are bulk shipped in Call2Recycle-provided containers or at a rate of $0.40/lb <br />when they are bulk shipped in Kittitas County Solid Waste-supplied containers to Call2Recycle in accordance <br />with existing program guidelines and transportation requirements. This subsidy is intended to cover costs associated <br />with the proper handling and preparation of rechargeable batteries for shipment. Once a minimum of 500 lbs. of <br />rechargeable batteries has been received, Call2Recycle will reimburse Kittitas County Solid Waste on a <br />quarterly basis.