rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling
rbrc
reSponSible recycling
recycling is no longer a luxury. it’s a necessity.
hundreds of millions of rechargeable batteries
and cell phones are retired each year.
We live on a planet with limited resources
and limited space. our recycling program,
Call2Recycle®, is the best way to preserve
our environment and ensure that we treat
our natural resources responsibly.
In 1994, RBRC was founded as a non-profit, industry-
sponsored organization to facilitate safe, efficient
rechargeable battery recycling in the U.S. and Canada.
With the help of our partners—licensees, retailers,
businesses, communities and public agencies —we have
recycled more than 42 million pounds of recharge-
able batteries. We’ve kept those batteries out of our
nation’s solid waste stream.
In 2004, we broadened our efforts to include cell phone
recycling. We are the only non-profit organization
that is committed to a comprehensive, fully funded,
national program to collect and recycle rechargeable
batteries and cellular phones. A portion of the proceeds
generated from the refurbishment and resale of these
cell phones benefits select charities.
Today RBRC has hundreds of licensee partners that
include the world’s largest manufacturers of recharge-
able batteries, and companies that use rechargeable
batteries in the products they make. Our national
partners have more than 50,000 locations in the U.S.
and Canada, which makes drop off easy for consumers.
Communities and public agencies across the U.S.
and Canada help our cause. Thousands of
businesses participate in
the collection of non-
household rechargeable
batteries and cell phones.
You, too, can join the
cause to make our
environment a bet-
ter place for future
generations.
Answer the
Call to Recycle!
hoW the prograM WorKS
RBRC recycles cell phones and rechargeable
batteries found in cordless electronic products:
power tools, laptop computers, digital cam-
eras, two-way radios, camcorders, cell an