Ritz Camera Western Stores Join the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation's...

Ritz Camera Western Stores Join the Rechargeable Battery Recycling
Corporation's Call2Recycle(TM) Program
Participation provides convenient collection sites for customers throughout
western U.S.

ATLANTA, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Ritz Camera, one of the nation's leading
retail camera and photo chains, and the Rechargeable Battery Recycling
Corporation (RBRC), a nonprofit, public service organization dedicated to
recycling used rechargeable batteries, have partnered to bring the nation's
largest rechargeable battery recycling solution, Call2Recycle(TM), to Ritz
Camera stores throughout the western United States.
Beginning on August 1, Call2Recycle collection boxes will be located in
more than 140 Ritz Camera stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and
Oregon, allowing customers to easily recycle their used rechargeable batteries
that are found in many products sold in Ritz Camera stores.
"We are pleased that Ritz Camera is taking steps to protect our
environment by offering its customers a free and easy way to properly dispose
of their used rechargeable batteries," said Greg Broe, Interim Chief Operating
Officer, RBRC. "By joining Call2Recycle, Ritz customers can maintain their
photography equipment in a more eco-friendly manner."
Call2Recycle is the most comprehensive rechargeable battery and cell phone
recycling program nationwide. The program provides a convenient way to
collect and recycle old cell phones and the used rechargeable batteries found
in cordless electronic products, such as digital cameras, laptop computers,
cordless power tools, two-way radios, cordless phones, cell phones, PDAs and
camcorders. With the addition of Ritz Camera stores, Call2Recycle adds to the
more than 50,000 enrolled collection sites throughout the U.S. and Canada
where consumers can bring used rechargeable batteries and old cell phones for
recycling.
"We are delighted to join RBRC's Call2Recycle, a simple, yet powerful
program that makes it easy for our customers to recycle their rechargeable
batteries while shopping at Ritz Camera," said Len Wayne, Regional Manager,
Western Region, Ritz Camera. "Our participation helps Ritz Camera amplify its
environmental efforts, while raising awareness among consumers for the proper
disposal of the rechargeable batteries found in many pieces of equipment."
For more information and local Call2Recycle collections sites, call
toll-free 877-2-RECYCLE or visit www.call2recycle.org.
About RBRC
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) is a nonprofit,
public service organization dedicated to rechargeable battery recycling.
There are over 50,000 retail, business, and community collection locations
enrolled in RBRC's rechargeable battery recycling program throughout Canada
and the United States. RBRC is funded by more than 350 manufacturers and
marketers of portable rechargeable batteries and products. RBRC's public
education campaign and recycling program is the result of the rechargeable
power industry's commitment to conserve natural resources and prevent
rechargeable batteries from entering the solid waste stream. In pursuit of
its mission, RBRC also collects old cell phones. Cell phones collected
through the Call2Recycle(TM) program will be recycled or refurbished and
resold when possible with a portion of the proceeds benefiting select
charities. Contributions or gifts to RBRC are not tax deductible. For more
information, call toll-free 877-2-RECYCLE or visit www.call2recycle.org.
About Ritz Camera Centers, Inc.
Ritz Camera Centers, headquartered in Beltsville, MD, is the largest
specialty camera and image chain in the United States with approximately 1,000
locations in 45 states and the District of Columbia. The chain of stores
includes Ritz Camera, Wolf Camera, Kits Camera, Inkley's and The Camera Shop.
All name brand camera and digital imaging products are available.
All stores have sit-down Print Bars offering digital prints and many other
image products "in minutes." The Ritz Camera Centers, Inc. website,
www.ritzpix.com, offers customers these same image products in one hour with
in-store pick-up and without shipping charges.
SOURCE Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation

Briana Papa of Stanton Crenshaw, +1-646-502-3573, bpapa@stantoncrenshaw.com,
for Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation; or Linda Gabor of RBRC,
+1-678-419-9990, x216, lgabor@rbrc.com