The Canadian Battery Association started its Stewardship Program for Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick in 2015. The Maritime Provinces represents a unique region where the majority of the distribution and recovery of lead-acid batteries occurs from Moncton, NB. As such, the sales and recovery data for lead-acid batteries is skewed toward New Brunswick. However, when the combined results from the Maritime Provinces are compared to the sales and recovery data for Canada, the results normalize on a per capita basis.
2015 Lead-Acid Sales & Recovery Data for the Maritime Provinces
Automotive Batteries | NB | NS | PEI | Maritimes | Canada |
Sales(kg) | 4,820,000 | 2,800,000 | 407,000 | 8,027,000 | 150,000,000 |
Sales(kg) / Capita | 6.391 | 2.969 | 2.775 | 4.352 | 4.164 |
Recovery(kg) | 4,731,000 | 622,000 | 116,000 | 5,469,000 | 102,600,000 |
Recovery(kg) / Capita | 6.274 | 0.658 | 0.794 | 2.9630 | 2.853 |
Recovery Rate | 98% | 22% | 29% | 68% |
68% |
2015 Annual Report for Prince Edward Island
2015 Annual Report for New Brunswick