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How to Get Long Life Out of Laptop and Cell Phone Batteries

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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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iFixit’s Basic Phone Repairs that Most of Us Can Do

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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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