“Batteries Can Cause Fires”
Theme for the 2025 Contest
“Batteries Can Cause Fires”
Create a billboard ad to teach residents that batteries don’t belong in your trash or household recycling. Promote how to properly dispose of batteries.
Deadline to submit artwork has ended. Local and Regional Winners will be announced in April 2025.
Click HERE to read the Contest Rules.
How to properly dispose of batteries:
DROP-OFF AT YOUR
TOWN TRANSFER STATIONS
Residents have access to the electronic waste recycling container at their town transfer station.
Alkaline and rechargeable batters can be placed in these containers, along with other electronics, for FREE.
DROP-OFF AT AN ANNUAL
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT
HRRA facilitates six HHW drop off events for our residents each year. Residents can bring batteries to these events.
DROP-OFF AT A
PARTICIPATING RETAILER
Staples (rechargeable and single-use batteries as well as other electronics)
Home Depot (rechargeable batteries only)
Lowes (rechargeable batteries only and cell phones)
Call2Recycle allows you to find other participating retailers in your area.
What happens to batteries after they are collected?
Click here to learn more from one of our sponsors Call2Recycle.
Batteries can spark and cause fires!
Click here to read a news article on the fire at the Oak Ridge Material Recovery Facility in Shelton, CT in April 2023. HRRA mixed recycling is processed at this facility.
Flames early on in the fire inside the Oak Ridge Material Recovery Facility.
Fires can even start in the garbage trucks after picking up your trash and household recycling due to the pressure from the compactor in the truck. Click here to watch a news clip about a garbage truck fire in New York.
Contest Information By Town
Bethel
Coordinator: Rebecca Lacey-Aubin
Email: laceyr@bethel.k12.ct.us
Drop-Off Location: Return artwork to your school or drop-off at the BOE Office
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Bridgewater
Coordinator: Jessyka Patterson
Email: jessykalox@hotmail.com
Drop-Off Location: Burnham School or Bridgewater Town Hall
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Brookfield
Coordinator: Lisa Gramling
Email: gramlingl@brookfieldps.org
Drop-Off Location: Brookfield Municipal Center
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Danbury
Coordinators: Francesca Capodilupo and Michael Seelig
Emails: f.capodilupo@danbury-ct.gov seelim@danbury.k12.ct.us
Drop-Off Location: Danbury City Hall 155 Deer Hill Ave, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-797-4511
Kent
Coordinator: Ane Starr
Email: StarrA@kentcenter.com
Drop-Off Location: Kent Center School
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
New Fairfield
Coordinators: Heidi Edel and Barbara Strashun
Emails: edel.heidi@newfairfieldschools.org
strashun.barbara@newfairfieldschools.org
Drop-Off Location: Lobby of each school
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
New Milford
Coordinator: Lori Cerra
Email: cerral@newmilfordps.org
Drop-Off Location: Sarah Noble Intermediate School
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Newtown
Coordinator: Arlene Miles
Email: Arlene.miles@newtown-ct.gov
Drop-Off Location: Town Hall – Selectman’s Office
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Redding
Coordinator: Paige Silva
Email: psilva@townofreddingct.org
Drop-Off Location: Redding Highway Department
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Ridgefield
Coordinator: Tiffany Carlson
Email: recyclingcoordinator@ridgefieldct.gov
Drop-Off Location: Town Hall – Information Office
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Roxbury
Coordinator: Jessyka Patterson
Email: jessykalox@hotmail.com
Drop-Off Location: Booth Free School and Shepaug
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Sherman
Coordinator: Ruth Byrnes
Email: rbyrnes@townofshermanct.org
Drop-Off Location: Sherman Town Hall
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Weston
Coordinator: Michael Aitkenhead
Email: michaelaitkenhead@westonps.org
Drop-Off Location: Main office at each school (Hurlbutt Elementary, Weston Intermediate, Weston Middle, Weston High School)
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
Wilton
Coordinator: Tammy Thornton
Email: tammy@wiltongogreen.org
Drop-Off Location: Front Lobby of each Wilton School and Town Hall vestibule, back door
Return your artwork to the teacher or organization that gave you the contest template. If you are entering the contest without a teacher or organization please submit your artwork to your town coordinator using the information above. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email the HRRA. 203.775.4539 or education@hrra.org
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