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Taping recycled batteries
Jul. 2nd, 2009 10:47 amUgh, what a PITA. There's a new law that recycled batteries must have both ends taped before dropping them in recycling. Apparently there have been fires during transportation due to batteries shorting and discharging.
If people would actually test their damn batteries and use the ones that aren't dead, that probably wouldn't happen. A large percentage of the batteries I pull from the recycling pile here at work are still in pretty good shape, many still practically new. People just grab 4 random AA cells from their junk drawer, put them in a device, and when it stops working, they toss all the cells. Lots of times there's one dead flat battery and 3 good ones in there.
If people would actually test their damn batteries and use the ones that aren't dead, that probably wouldn't happen. A large percentage of the batteries I pull from the recycling pile here at work are still in pretty good shape, many still practically new. People just grab 4 random AA cells from their junk drawer, put them in a device, and when it stops working, they toss all the cells. Lots of times there's one dead flat battery and 3 good ones in there.
