Recycle Your Rechargeable Batteries!
Tech Soup
JULY 1, 2010
Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.
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How to Get Long Life Out of Laptop and Cell Phone Batteries
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. to find the closest place to properly recycle it.
iFixit’s Basic Phone Repairs that Most of Us Can Do
Tech Soup
APRIL 21, 2014
Our goal is to teach everyone how to repair the stuff they own—whether it’s laptops , snowboards , toys , or clothes. In the last 10 years, iron ore production has increased by 180%, cobalt by 165%, and lithium by 125%. In case you haven’t heard of us, iFixit is the free repair manual for everything.
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