Going up.

Atlanta-based Rechargeable Battery A rechargeable battery, also known as a storage battery, is a group of two or more secondary cells. These batteries can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy. Recycling Corporation (RBRC RBRC Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
RBRC RIKEN-BNL Research Center (Brookhaven National Laboratory) ), a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.

Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , public-service organization dedicated to recycling rechargeable batteries, has announced its collection data for the first half of 2003.

RBRC collected 2 million pounds of rechargeable batteries, a 30 percent increase from 2002 figures for the same time period. RBRC also has reported a 30 percent increase in program participation, adding 880 new collection sites. The total number of businesses, communities and pubic pubic /pu·bic/ (pu´bik) pertaining to or situated near the pubes, the pubic bone, or the pubic region.

pu·bic
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1. agencies in the U.S. and Canada who take part in the RBRC program numbers more than 3,700.

"We are pleased to see that our recycling numbers continue to grow in response to the trend of an 'unplugged' lifestyle. This means that consumers, businesses, communities and public agencies are thinking greener and acting on it," Ralph Millard, executive vice president of RBRC. says.

Highlights from the first half of 2003 include the addition of Staples to the RBRC program; the promotion of the public agency recycling program, which enables federal, state or local governmental agencies, public hospitals, police and fire departments and military institutions to recycle free; and the relaunch Relaunch can refer to several things:

, a series of novels set in the Star Trek universe
Relaunch (process), is a marketing process in which a brand or product (such as a magazine or a car) is relaunched

of the revamped RBRC Web site, www.rbrc.org,

Consumers can find the nearest drop-off location by calling 1-800-8-BATTERY or visiting www.rbrc.org.

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