Archive for June, 2009

GAINESVILLE, December 7, 1998 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation’s (RBRC) nationwide battery recycling program for used Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries has won First Place in the Keep America Beautiful 1998 National Awards in the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle category.

The award recognizes RBRC in developing and successfully implementing Charge Up to Recycle!, the only national recycling program for used Ni-Cd batteries. Financially supported by over 275 corporations in the rechargeable power industry through the licensing and use of the RBRC Battery Recycling ...

New Survey Shows Consumers Don’t Know What to Do with Used Rechargeable Batteries

LOS ANGELES, May 26, 1999 – When most people think of recycling, they don’t think of Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd) rechargeable batteries. A recent survey found that consumers are throwing their rechargeable batteries away (40%) or leaving them in the dark recesses of their desk drawers at home or the office – unaware that Ni-Cd batteries can and should be recycled. According to the survey, consumers have an average ...

GAINESVILLE, July 21, 1999 – Missing an important call because your cellphone wasn’t properly charged is a common problem in an increasingly wireless world. Rechargeable batteries hold the key to our reliance on convenient, portable products, yet few people understand the basics rules of recharging rechargeable batteries. Even fewer know that when certain rechargeable batteries can no longer hold a charge, they can and should be recycled.

Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries are the most common type of portable rechargeable battery, and they’re ...

Follow these guidelines to maximize use of cordless products and the batteries that power them

    
ATLANTA, July 18, 2000 – If your cordless phone or portable drill suddenly cuts out, don't blame the manufacturer. Chances are the rechargeable battery was not properly charged. Consumers are increasingly reliant on cordless products, but we don't understand the power behind them: rechargeable batteries.

With an estimated 431 million cordless power products in U.S. households today, rechargeable batteries have become an integral ...

Battery Recycling Group and Thunder Road Productions Receive Silver Inkwell Award for PSA

ATLANTA, September 11, 2000 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), in conjunction with Thunder Road Productions, has been awarded a Silver Inkwell 2000 Award of Merit by the Washington, DC chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), for the RBRC public service announcement “Gather Up Your Ni-Cds.”

The aim of the “Gather Up Your Ni-Cds” public service announcement is to inform consumers about the recycleable, rechargeable ...