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This might be an unpopular view here but I think artificially increasing core charge fee via laws could easily bring that recycling percentage to 99%. Could you
by mzs 11y ago
This might be an unpopular view here but I think artificially increasing core charge fee via laws could easily bring that recycling percentage to 99%. Could you imagine if you did not hand in your old battery when buying a new one it cost an extra $300 instead of $20 or so like now? A token portion of that could be used to fund state inspections of recycling facilities.
The whole dismantler/recycling system in place for automobiles is really something quite impressively successful. Having so many places to pull used parts to keep other cars going lessens environmental burden multiple fold. Battery recycling is probably the biggest triumph of them all though.
- JosephRedfern 11y agoWhat if you're not replacing one?
- hunter2_ 11y agoValid concern: it means every possible application of a car battery, if the $300 fee is to be avoided, must involve purchasing a product that already contains a battery. Bad news for DIY makers that need one: they'd need to find a containing product rather than purchasing a battery alone, which might make for a market where fake containing products (to be completely discarded aside from the battery) exist to fill the gap, thus rendering the whole model broken. Is there a solution?
- mzs 11y agoThat's a good point. For me though I have had plenty of cars that only last a few months before I drag them to the junk yard. I've used lots of parts from them for cores to offset the cost of rebuilt parts I need to keep another of my cars going. I've also borrowed the car battery from a running car that I'm not using much for art and audio projects. Considering how much some of them had cost another $300 would not have mattered much.