Battery Quest at Paideia

Student-powered recycling with real community pull.

Battery Quest at Paideia turns a school community into a year-long sustainability engine. Families collect batteries at home, students compete for impact, and sponsors help fund a program that keeps materials out of landfills while building real neighborhood visibility.

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How the program works

Battery Quest is built to make recycling visible, simple, and rewarding. Students take sponsor-branded ResQ Boxes home, families collect used household batteries, and everything flows back through designated ResQ collection channels tied to the school and local partners.

1. Students collect at home Families use their ResQ Boxes to gather used household batteries in a clean, easy format.

2. The school builds momentum Students compete, participate, and turn recycling into something visible and school-powered.

3. Sponsors fund the mission Local sponsors support banners, boxes, event visibility, and the community-facing parts of the program.

4. The community shows up Drop-off events and school visibility create a stronger recycling habit well beyond the campus itself.

Why Paideia is a strong fit

Paideia Academies gives Battery Quest the kind of environment where the program can actually travel: from students, to homes, to families, to the surrounding community. That makes it more than a school campaign. It becomes a local sustainability anchor.

Paideia Academies is leading the charge in sustainability with Battery Quest, powered by ResQ Sustainability and Westech Recycling.

Powered by school, sponsor, and recycling partners

Battery Quest works best when schools, recovery infrastructure, and local business supporters all push in the same direction. Paideia gives the program a credible educational home, Westech strengthens the e-waste side, and sponsors help make the campaign visible enough to grow.

Paideia Academies

School partner and community hub for recurring Battery Quest visibility and participation.

Westech Recyclers

E-waste and downstream recycling support that helps expand the practical impact of event days.

RIDE Moto Labs

Local innovation support helping push the Battery Quest ecosystem forward through visibility, energy, and community-minded alignment.

Why sponsors pay attention

This is not just a banner on a school fence. Battery Quest creates repeat visibility across school traffic, event traffic, take-home boxes, and community sustainability touchpoints. It gives sponsors a way to support something real while being seen in a context people actually respect.

600+

families referenced on your current sponsorship page as part of the Paideia audience

12 mo

year-long visibility model built around recurring school and community engagement

96%

recoverable raw material benchmark used across the ResQ battery recycling story

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program connecting student learning, family participation, and sponsor visibility in one loop

What Can You Recycle?

Know what belongs in ResQ bins to keep our recycling process safe and effective.

Recycle Right with Battery Quest

Know what goes where to power up Paideia’s eco-mission!

Accepted Items	Where to Recycle	Not Accepted Items
Single-use alkaline batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, 9V)	Collect in ResQ boxes at home, drop in grade-specific ResQ bins at school	Light bulbs or fluorescent tubes
Rechargeable batteries (NiMH, Li-ion)	Grade-specific e-waste bin at school (tape lithium battery ends)	Household hazardous waste (paint, chemicals)
Small e-waste (cables, earbuds)	Grade-specific e-waste bin at school	Plastic bags or trash
Electronics (phones, laptops)	Grade-specific e-waste bin at school	Food wrappers or non-battery items
Larger e-waste (keyboards, small appliances)	3rd Saturday Community Market at Paideia Academies	-
Very large e-waste (e.g., copy machines)	Contact Westech Recyclers: (602) 256-7626, 2200 S 7th St, Phoenix, AZ 85034	-