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What waste? It's a few wires, a small chip, and probably a non-rechargeable/non-toxic battery that you can throw out in the regular trash. Hate is also a fairl

What waste? It's a few wires, a small chip, and probably a non-rechargeable/non-toxic battery that you can throw out in the regular trash. Hate is also a fairly strong word.

gambiting 14y ago
Read the article first. The battery is rechargeable.
- powertower 13y ago
  My fault. I scimmed it twice, but did not see the part about it being rechargable via usb. But there are still many types of rechargable batteries that don't require special disposal. I wouldn't assume too much about this.
DanBC 13y ago
You throw regular batteries into the regular trash? We have special bins for any batteries. The bins are available in many shops. All packets of batteries (here) ask you to not just throw them into the trash but to send them to the special bins. This is part of law. (http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=245 http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=245) This law is part of EU directives.
- powertower 13y ago
  Regular batteries (alkaline - non-rechargeable) in the US are not recycled. There are no recyclers that will even take them (except a few that will just end up throwing them away, and a lesser few that will store indefinitely them). These batteries are supposed go into your regular trash, and into the regular landfill, as they only contain trace amounts of any metals (too little to spend any effort extracting them out). And are considered non-toxic as far as I know (but don't eat them). The other types of batteries, the rechargeable types, are mostly recyclable and are not supposed to be thrown away.
  - amirmc 13y ago
    What kind of batteries do you have that do not contain toxic chemicals or heavy metals? Just because some people (countries?) let you put them in the trash doesn't mean they should go in the trash. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling

What waste? It's a few wires, a small chip, and probably a non-rechargeable/non-toxic battery that you can throw out in the regular trash. Hate is also a fairly strong word.

gambiting 14y ago

Read the article first. The battery is rechargeable.

powertower 13y ago
My fault. I scimmed it twice, but did not see the part about it being rechargable via usb. But there are still many types of rechargable batteries that don't require special disposal. I wouldn't assume too much about this.

DanBC 13y ago

You throw regular batteries into the regular trash? We have special bins for any batteries. The bins are available in many shops. All packets of batteries (here) ask you to not just throw them into the trash but to send them to the special bins. This is part of law. (http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=245 http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=245) This law is part of EU directives.

powertower 13y ago
Regular batteries (alkaline - non-rechargeable) in the US are not recycled. There are no recyclers that will even take them (except a few that will just end up throwing them away, and a lesser few that will store indefinitely them). These batteries are supposed go into your regular trash, and into the regular landfill, as they only contain trace amounts of any metals (too little to spend any effort extracting them out). And are considered non-toxic as far as I know (but don't eat them). The other types of batteries, the rechargeable types, are mostly recyclable and are not supposed to be thrown away.
- amirmc 13y ago
  What kind of batteries do you have that do not contain toxic chemicals or heavy metals? Just because some people (countries?) let you put them in the trash doesn't mean they should go in the trash. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling