On the very first Earth Day, celebrated nearly 40 years ago on April 22, 1970; the U.S. was a poisoned nation. Air and water pollution were rampant, DDT was still in use, and landmark federal actions were still to come. Today, while the U.S. is a much cleaner country overall, the fight for a healthy environment goes on. In the [...]
11 high schools in Ontario, Canada are doing their part to minimize the damage being done to the environment by dead batteries being discarded in landfills. With a mission to raise awareness in their area about household hazardous waste and the effects it can have on all of us, the schools are holding a competition [...]
“Annually, every UK household disposes of an average of 21 batteries as part of its general waste, but at present there are very few kerbside collection schemes planned for end-of-life batteries,” continued Armitage. “This means consumers will have to drive the recycling effort by taking their old batteries to dedicated collection points in retail outlets [...]
With a new year came new regulations for the recycling of batteries in the United Kingdom. The ambitious directive will “affect any business that uses, produces, supplies, or disposes of batteries, as well as any business that manufactures or designs battery-powered products”, and comes with the goal of minimizing the negative impacts of batteries and [...]
In what amounts to a 13 percent increase over last year’s total, and with a couple of weeks still left in 2009, New York City has already collected and recycled more than 44,000 pounds of rechargeable batteries this year through Call2Recycle’s free rechargeable battery and cellphone collection program. In a symbolic ‘tip of the cap’ [...]
Finding ways to keep batteries from ending up in landfills can always be looked on as a positive. With the efforts of various recyling organizations and even governments to raise awareness about the danger that rotting batteries can pose to us, consumers are becoming more concious about the batteries they choose to rely on for [...]
From cars to computers, power tools, cell phones and much more; lithium continues to become one of the preferred battery chemistries used to power many of the machines and gadgets that make our world go ’round.
With billions of batteries circulating around the globe, it’s important to know how to handle and dispose of them in an eco-friendly manner. By purchasing and using rechargeable batteries, this greatly reduces waste and also cuts down on cost. While initially you pay a little more, you do end up saving money in the long [...]
“They’re(DOT) making some unnecessary interpretation of issues that don’t concern safety whatsoever. [We and our] competitors, over the years in millions of shipments, haven’t had anything happen and then one truck burns – that has an acknowledged dangerous material on it – and everything gets regulated across the board.”Jeremy Sova- Battery Solutions
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We all know these words, and we all know we should practice them. Its simple really if you think about it…but that in itself is actually the hard part…thinking about it. Even so, it’s important that we are conscious of what our individual impact is on the world and how we contribute [...]
