After several months of meetings, the Solid Waste Alaska Taskforce, which oversees Backhaul Alaska, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Responsible Battery Coalition (RBC). The RBC is a coalition of companies, academics and organizations committed to the responsible battery management. The MOU formalizes a partnership between the two organizations to collaborate in their shared efforts to recover and recycle spent lead-acid batteries. RBC will receive and recycle all batteries backhauled from Pilot 1 villages and assist the Program in education and outreach efforts. Backhaul Alaska will help to inform the public about the 2 Million Battery Challenge. The 2 Million Battery Challenge is an RBC Program intended to find and recycle the 12% of the nation’s batteries that have not made it back into a recycle stream. Read more about the MOU www.responsiblebatterycoalition.org/news/