Urge Your Senator to Support Battery Stewardship in Colorado!

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Ask your state senator to support
Senate Bill 25-163:
Battery Stewardship Programs in Colorado

Much of Colorado lacks access to safe battery collection and recycling programs. Improperly disposing of batteries in the trash, curbside recycling, or the environment can lead to soil and water pollution and pose serious fire danger that threatens the safety of residents, waste and recycling workers and infrastructure, and firefighters. Batteries contain valuable materials that should be recycled into new products.

SB25-163 is based on model laws in other states requiring battery producers to manage the end-of-life of their products by joining a Battery Stewardship Organization that will fund battery collection and recycling statewide. A broad coalition of recyclers, local governments, battery producers, and environmental groups have crafted and negotiated the bill to fit Colorado’s needs.

If you believe that Colorado should have a system to collect and recycle batteries, contact your state senator today!

SB25-163 faces a vote by all state senators as early as Friday, April 25.
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Subject: Support SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs

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Dear Senator: I’m writing as a concerned constituent to urge you to vote YES on SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs. This bill is a vital step toward protecting public safety, our environment, and the health of frontline workers. When batteries are thrown in the trash, curbside recycling, or left in the environment, they can cause fires and release harmful pollution. These risks endanger residents, firefighters, and recycling facility workers. Yet batteries also contain valuable materials that, if collected properly, can be safely recycled and reused in new products. SB25-163 creates a statewide, producer-funded battery collection program that makes safe disposal easy and free for consumers. Modeled after successful laws in other states—and similar to Colorado’s existing paint stewardship program—this initiative would support our transition to a more circular economy, where producers take responsibility for the end of life of their products. A broad coalition of recyclers, local governments, battery producers and recyclers and environmental groups have crafted and negotiated the bill to fit Colorado’s needs. This is a smart, proven solution to a growing problem. I respectfully urge you to support this important legislation for the health of our communities, our environment, and the people who protect it.

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