Archive for June, 2009

Are consumers doing more for the environment or has the economy taken priority over “green”?

ATLANTA, April 21, 2009 – According to an Opinion Research Corporation survey conducted for Call2Recycle®, 50 percent fewer Americans admit to suffering from “green guilt” than last year, with just one in ten consumers experiencing guilt over their environmental behavior. Green guilt is the feeling consumers have when they aren't doing everything they know that they can and should be doing to protect the ...

ATLANTA, May 19, 2009 – Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial kick-off of the summer season, when Americans will pack their bags and embark upon annual getaways. Despite the economy, the American Automobile Association (AAA) forecasts that Memorial Day travel will increase this year, with 32.4 million Americans traveling to mark the holiday weekend. To make these trips as enjoyable as possible, portable electronics such as digital cameras, mp3 players, portable DVD players, laptop computers, PDAs and handheld gaming ...

Richard Karn On A Five-City Tour To Help The Environment

GAINESVILLE, September 17, 1998 – Richard Karn, “Al” on the American classic Home Improvement, kicks off a five-city tour in September to educate consumers about the benefit of recycling Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) rechargeable batteries.

As an official power tool expert (and power tools are powered by rechargeable batteries), Karn acts as spokesperson for the Charge Up to Recycle! program, an international Ni-Cd battery recycling initiative. His five-city tour ...

RBRC Licensee Companies Endorse Charge Up to Recycle! Program and Encourage Move Forward

GAINESVILLE, November 3, 1998 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) today released survey results that show overwhelming support for RBRC’s Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) rechargeable battery recycling program, Charge Up to Recycle!, from the companies funding the program.

RBRC Licensee companies, which include more than 275 manufacturers and marketers of portable rechargeable batteries and products, were surveyed to determine their overall satisfaction with RBRC’s performance, their evaluation of RBRC’s marketing ...

TORONTO, December 7, 1998 – Federal Minister of the Environment, Christine Stewart, has recognized the efforts of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation’s (RBRC) recycling program for used Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries through RBRC’s inclusion in the EcoAction Network of Environment Canada.

This recognition acknowledges the proactive and voluntary action of the RBRC in developing and successfully implementing Charge Up to Recycle!, the nationwide program for the collection and recycling of used Ni-Cd batteries. Financially supported by over 275 corporations in the rechargeable ...