| ally every family has at least one appliance that | | | | are recyclable so that they may form raw |
| requires some sort of battery to be used. Some | | | | materials for manufacturing industries. To get a |
| appliances solely depend on batteries while others | | | | final product, the batteries must first be |
| may use electrical energy as well. Incase of | | | | separated from their plastics and insulation |
| emergencies such as power outages, portable | | | | material using gas-fired thermal oxidizers. Then |
| appliances that require batteries such as flashlights | | | | each battery is processed by using heat |
| are extremely helpful. Each and everyday more | | | | treatment furnaces using a great amount of |
| products are being produced that need batteries | | | | energy to end up with the final product. |
| to be useful. While becoming more popular in our | | | | Certain rules and standard procedures have been |
| daily life, the problems of pollution and many other | | | | made by the American government which is to |
| hazards come into effect. | | | | be followed for recycling battery purposes. Nearly |
| Have you ever wondered what was inside a | | | | all recycling locations in America contain a section |
| battery? Each battery contains a certain metals | | | | for battery recycling. Each location must follow |
| such as lead and zinc. When not recycled | | | | the government’s standards and principles |
| correctly our environment can suffer greatly. If | | | | correctly. Millions of batteries are recycled at |
| one leaves a battery on the ground, it may leak | | | | these locations per year and recharged batteries |
| into the ground causing corrosion of the soil and | | | | are often offered at a minimal cost. Each |
| put nearby wildlife in danger. If recycled correctly | | | | rechargeable battery eventually can't "recharge" |
| these environmental problems won't be | | | | any longer so there is a service provided for |
| encountered. | | | | those batteries as well. |
| There are basically two classifications of batteries. | | | | By recycling batteries the environment is not |
| Non-chargeable which cannot be recycled and | | | | being polluted nearly as much, many natural |
| chargeable which can be reused again and | | | | resources are saved due to the rechargeable |
| recycled. A vast amount of materials such as | | | | batteries also. There is a large variety of websites |
| lead, nickel-cadmium, nickel hydride, and mercury | | | | on the Internet with more quality information on |
| are contained in chargeable batteries. All of these | | | | recycling batteries. |