Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. Reports Increase In Battery Collection

Feb 16, 2005 9:04 AM, Stephen Ursery

Atlanta — The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. has reported that it collected more than 4.4 million pounds of rechargeable batteries in the United States and Canada in 2004. That figure represents a 7.7 percent increase from 2003.

The nonprofit organization also announced that its Call2Recycle program has collected more than 48,000 cell phones since its launch in April 2004.

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