AAA offers trees for batteries
In honor of Earth Day Friday, AAA Mid-Atlantic will plant a tree in a national forest for every member who calls AAA Mid-Atlantic to have a new car battery installed and the old battery recycled.
To take advantage of this offer, you can call the AAA Mobile Battery Serivce between now and Friday.
AAA Mid-Atlantic is also asking motorists in the Frederick area who may have an old car battery stowed in their garage or basement to bring it to AAA’s new Car Care, Insurance and Travel Center for recycling now through Saturday, April 23.
The center is located at 5620 Buckeystown Pike in Frederick.
Car batteries contain a high level of lead content, which can be highly toxic. It is important to the environment that they be disposed of properly and not be left sitting around the house or discarded with the trash.
Additionally, sixty to eighty percent of car batteries are made up of hard rubber or plastic that can be recylcled.
The tree plantings are made possible through the Arbor Day Foundation.
