Do Your Part
Rechargeable Batteries Get Needed Improvement
July 19, 2008 | view all items
About 3 billion batteries are used and disposed of in the U.S. each year. Batteries contain hazardous materials that can leach into the environment and contaminate our ground water.
Choosing rechargeable batteries is a smart way to Do Your Part but less than 10% of all batteries sold each year are rechargeable. The reason? Rechargeable batteries have a few disadvantages. You can’t use them right away and they self- discharge which means even once fully charged they begin loosing that charge right away and if the battery sits for months, it may have no charge left when you really need it.
Now there are new rechargeable batteries that address both of these issues. Sanyo and others are producing a low self-discharge battery. They come charged and ready to use. They hold 85 percent of their charge for more than a year and one eneloop battery can be charged up to 1000 times. And check this out, you don’t even have to buy the C and D size rechargeable batteries because you can use special converters with a AA battery for all of those gadgets that require the larger C and D size batteries.
Rechargeable batteries make good environmental sense and the new low self-discharge batteries make rechargeable batteries the better choice for you to Do Your Part. The batteries come charged, they hold their charge longer and one rechargeable battery can keep hundreds of disposable batteries out of our landfills where.
Choosing rechargeable batteries is a smart way to Do Your Part but less than 10% of all batteries sold each year are rechargeable. The reason? Rechargeable batteries have a few disadvantages. You can’t use them right away and they self- discharge which means even once fully charged they begin loosing that charge right away and if the battery sits for months, it may have no charge left when you really need it.
Now there are new rechargeable batteries that address both of these issues. Sanyo and others are producing a low self-discharge battery. They come charged and ready to use. They hold 85 percent of their charge for more than a year and one eneloop battery can be charged up to 1000 times. And check this out, you don’t even have to buy the C and D size rechargeable batteries because you can use special converters with a AA battery for all of those gadgets that require the larger C and D size batteries.
Rechargeable batteries make good environmental sense and the new low self-discharge batteries make rechargeable batteries the better choice for you to Do Your Part. The batteries come charged, they hold their charge longer and one rechargeable battery can keep hundreds of disposable batteries out of our landfills where.
