Recycle Your Rechargeable Batteries!
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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. Batteries also last longer in cool conditions.
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