Portland’s Metro Regional Government Awarded 2002 Community Recycling Leadership Award

The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation recognizes Portland-area recycling program for its leadership in recycling rechargeable batteries

SEASIDE, September 13, 2002 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a non-profit organization dedicated to recycling rechargeable batteries, announced today that Portland’s Metro Regional Government and its Environmental Action Team (ENACT) were awarded RBRC’s second annual “Community Recycling Leadership Award.” The award will be presented at the Association of Oregon Recyclers conference in Seaside, Oregon on Saturday, September 14.

The RBRC Community Recycling Leadership ...

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RBRC Leads the Charge To Recycle With Battery Check Week, April 22-28

Are Your Batteries “Juice-less?”

ATLANTA, April 08, 2002 — According to a new survey by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), consumers have an average of five or more cordless products in their homes. This list includes cordless power tools, cordless and cellular phones, camcorders, and even electric toothbrushes and mini vacuums.

Our portable lifestyle is powered in large part by rechargeable batteries. But what do you do when the rechargeable batteries that power these products can no longer hold a ...

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Alachua County Leads The Charge To Recycle Rechargeable Batteries.

The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation recognizes community’s outstanding recycling efforts

GAINESVILLE, July 17, 2001 – Cited for its ongoing and innovative recycling programs, the Alachua County Household Hazardous Waste Program will receive the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation’s (RBRC) first annual Regional Community Recycling Leadership Award.  The award will be announced on Tuesday, July 24, during the Alachua County Commissioner’s meeting at 10:30 a.m.  An official award ceremony will take place at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station in Gainesville ...

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RBRC Expands Recycling Program in Canada

Battery Group Expands Recycling Program and List of Recyclable Rechargeable Batteries
   
VANCOUVER, March 23, 2000 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation of Canada today announced the introduction of additional collection methods for their Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) battery recycling program as well as upcoming plans to recycle additional rechargeable battery chemistries.

Beginning June 1, 2000, communities, businesses and public agencies throughout Canada will be able to recycle their used Ni-Cd rechargeable batteries – the power source for cordless ...

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EPA Certifies Alternative Battery Recycling Label

Battery Group Hopes To Increase Consumer Recycling Of Used Ni-Cd Batteries

GAINESVILLE, August 21, 1998 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) announced today the EPA’s certification of a label proposed by RBRC for Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) rechargeable batteries and product packaging. This is EPA’s first certification of a label proposed as an alternative to label language otherwise required by the 1996 Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act. That Act established ...

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