Consumers Recycling More Batteries in 2011

Call2Recycle’s Battery Collections Surge 13.1%

ATLANTA (January 5, 2012) – More and more consumers are recycling their batteries according to Call2Recycle®, the North American leader in consumer battery recycling. Today it announced a 13.1 percent increase in 2011 battery collections (over 2010), collecting more than 7.6 million pounds (3.45 million kilograms) of rechargeable batteries (the equivalent to the weight of 278 school buses) through a network of over 30,000 retail, business and municipal locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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RBRC Provides Easy Solution for Retailers to Comply with Maine?s New Cell Phone Rec

Call2Recycle program is available to all Maine retailers at no cost

ATLANTA, January 2, 2008 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a non-profit public service organization dedicated to recycling rechargeable batteries and cellphones, is helping retailers in Maine meet the requirements of the state’s new “Cell Phone Recycling Law” that went into effect on January 1. The new legislation requires that any retailer who sells cellphones in the state of Maine must also collect used cellphones for recycling and ...

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Nearly 5 Million Pounds of Rechargeable Batteries Collected in 2005

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation Reports Increase in Collection Numbers

ATLANTA, January 5, 2006 –The nonprofit Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) today announced its collection data for 2005, reporting the collection of almost 5 million pounds of rechargeable batteries in the U.S. and Canada, an increase of nearly 10 percent from 2004.

Since the beginning of 2005, RBRC has experienced an increase in participation among national retailers, businesses, communities and licensee recycling programs to set up convenient drop-off ...

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CES 2001

It’s Official: More Portable Rechargeable Batteries Can Now Be Recycled; RBRC Broadens Its Recycling Program

LAS VEGAS, January 6, 2001 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) announced today that its rechargeable battery recycling program — Charge Up to Recycle! — is expanding to recycle all portable rechargeable battery chemistries, effective this month.
 
The move comes after extensive research showed that many of RBRC Licensee companies, which include more than 300 manufacturers and marketers of portable rechargeable ...

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