TerraCycle strikes power tool arrangement

Stanley Black & Decker, based in New Britain, Connecticut, and TerraCycle, New Jersey, will take part in an effort designed to encourage customers to recycle home appliances and tools, focusing on those containing lithium-ion batteries.

The free program, starting this month, will accept a variety of products within the Stanley Black & Decker brand portfolio, including Black & Decker, DeWalt, Craftsman, Stanley, Porter-Cable, Iriwn, Lenox, Mac Tools and Bostitch.

“Stanley Black & Decker strives to further our ESG [environmental, social and governance] mission and is committed to creating a more sustainable world, with a focus on reducing waste,” says Debi Geyer, corporate responsibility officer at Stanley Black & Decker. “One way we are doing this is by providing our customers with product recycling options that are easy and cost effective to perform.”

Via the Stanley Black & Decker Tool Free Recycling Program, household consumers are invited to send in Stanley Black & Decker power tools, hand tools and accessories by signing up on a TerraCycle program page. After signing up, customers can mail in eligible items using a prepaid shipping label.

In the Stanley Black & Decker Home Free Recycling Program, consumers interested in recycling their Stanley Black & Decker small home appliances, including food processors, coffee makers, blenders and toasters, are invited to sign up on the TerraCycle program page.

Finally, the Stanley Black & Decker Lithium Battery Free Recycling Program invites consumers to recycle appliances and tools with embedded lithium batteries.

Once collected the materials will be cleaned, sorted and reduced into material that can be remolded to make new recycled products, according to TerraCycle and Stanley.

“Stanley Black & Decker is offering consumers a planet-positive way to responsibly dispose of their well-used small home appliances and power tools that have reached the end of their usable life,” TerraCycle CEO and founder Tom Szaky says.

More information on TerraCycle’s recycling programs, including those involving Stanley Black & Decker, can be found here.