Is it Really a Long Way to the Nearest Battery Drop-Off Location?

This year it has been announced by one popularmany economic advantages in the long run.
company producing batteries and chargers thatRecent years have seen some progress in
they are going to expand their environmentalcomprehension of the hidden costs of batteries
efforts and initiate a program on recycling ofdisposal and its impact on the environment. Heavy
laptop batteries.metals which are contained in lithium ion batteries,
Nearly all new laptops produced today are withhave the potential of contaminating ground water,
lithium ion batteries. According to the U.S.thus making it unsafe to drink. The total cost of
government data these laptop batteries containcobalt production turns out even higher than that
no hazardous materials and are, therefore, safeof cobalt recycled from laptop batteries. This
for disposal in a regular municipal waste stream. Italong with the fact that the planet's natural
may seem that the world's leading producers ofresources are shrinking year after year may well
electronic devices are launching new environmentalcause at least some of us to reconsider our
initiatives and adjusting their marketing behaviorviews on metal recycling. Another reason for not
simply to attract new environmentally conscioussending waste to landfill is that it provides only a
customers. But do all those thousands of laptopshort-term solution, leaving the problem for future
users worldwide have any practical reasons togenerations to deal with.
submit their electronic waste for recycling?Next time, when you grab your old dell laptop
Today, the cost of collecting, sorting and shippingbattery to throw it into a garbage bin, take a
of used batteries to a recycling facility is highermoment to think if it is really a long way to the
than their scrap value. Unprofitable as it maynearest battery drop-off location.
seem, laptop battery recycling may and will have