Recycle Your Rechargeable Batteries!
Tech Soup
JULY 1, 2010
Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.
Tech Soup
JULY 1, 2010
Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.
Tech Soup
JUNE 20, 2011
I got to talking last week with Kiera Butler of Mother Jones magazine about the best ways to keep the rechargeable batteries in laptops and mobile phones healthy and long-lived. Dell says that a full life span for a garden-variety lithium-ion laptop battery is 18 to 24 months. Batteries also last longer in cool conditions.
Tech Soup
APRIL 21, 2014
A single cell phone, for example, is composed of between 500 to 1,000 different components — many sourced from countries that aren’t well-known for safe mining practices, human rights, or environmental practices. In the last 10 years, iron ore production has increased by 180%, cobalt by 165%, and lithium by 125%.
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