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I recently had the unfortunate experience of attempting to recycle a Sonicair toothbrush. The "disassembly" process to extract the (dead) battery did not work
by lisper 5y ago
I recently had the unfortunate experience of attempting to recycle a Sonicair toothbrush. The "disassembly" process to extract the (dead) battery did not work as advertised, and I had to attack the case with several additional implements of destruction besides a hammer. I was shocked at how difficult it was. There is absolutely no way that the average consumer is going to succeed in extracting the battery, and so all those toxic materials are going to end up in landfills. Unfortunately, I've also tried many other electric toothbrushes and none of them work as well as my Sonicair. So I'm left with the horrible choice of either polluting the environment or settling for substandard care for my teeth.
:-( :-( :-(
- Cthulhu_ 5y ago> There is absolutely no way that the average consumer is going to succeed in extracting the battery, and so all those toxic materials are going to end up in landfills. Only if your country / region's waste processing sucks. There are separate hand-in points for things like electronics, and garbage should be sorted before yote into landfill to sort out recyclables and toxins. I believe that they can't just put chemical waste (e.g. batteries) into landfills in most countries.
- beerandt 5y agoEven the most basic municipal landfill is lined, capped, and waterproofed such that even hazardous materials that might end up there aren't "polluting the environment". There are reasons to sort out certain waste, usually as a precaution to chemical reactions, but not leeching, but its mistaken to assume only "toxic" waste is isolated from the environment, The reason they are called "sanitary" landfills is that they already safely contain concentrated sewage, and prevent it from infiltrating water supplies.