Battery Recycling
Battery Recycling Is Easy And Makes You Feel Good
Too!
Did you know that you could simply put your used
alkaline batteries into your recycling bin or save them up and take them to a Batteries
Plus, Best Buy, or other recycling centers? Is it so easy and you can do your
part to help reduce the metals and chemicals in our landfills, help the
environment, and feel good too.
U.S. consumers purchase over three billion household
batteries a year! Although the United States has made significant progress in
increasing rechargeable battery use, 80% of all primary batteries sold are disposables.
Those single-use alkaline AA, AAA, C, D, and
9V batteries are made up of 60-70% Zinc & Manganese Concentrate, 10-20%
steel, and 10-20% paper and plastic. All
of which can be recycled successfully if we just turn them in.
A recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology life
cycle battery analysis of household batteries demonstrates that recycling rather
than disposal has a higher environmental payback. When recycled, the chemicals
and metals are reclaimed and reused, cutting down on the raw materials needed
to manufacture new batteries.
Of course, an even better way to help the
environment is to use rechargeable batteries in the first place, but just take
the first step by recycling those alkaline batteries and you will find out how
easy it is, eventually you can take the next step and transition to rechargeable
batteries.
Go ahead and try it…it is
the right thing to do and will make you feel good!
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