It Will Soon Be Easier for Americans to Recycle Batteries: Improperly discarded batteries leak toxic chemicals and are prone to exploding. A new program funded by the Department of Energy will prop up battery drop-off sites across the US.

4 comments

1. This is great news! No matter how long it took/takes..

2. YESSSSSSS

3. It’s shocking to me how many people don’t invest in rechargables. Even the Walmart Energizer rechargables are decent. I use a brand from Amazon called EBL that I’ve liked but there’s tons of other options nowadays. I’ve had friends who didn’t even know rechargable batteries existed outside of product-specific recharge packs like the ones custom made for Xbox controllers.

4. Here in Finland, there are battery recycling bins in almost every store, and bins for electrical devices in stores that sell them. So weird to think that you didn’t already have something like that. Still, nice to hear there’s progress!