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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 ...

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 ...