100 Ways to Reduce Your Impact

Step 71 Use rechargeable batteries

Batteries contain chemicals that are harmful to the environment when disposed of.

Non-rechargeable batteries must be disposed of often. Using rechargeable batteries saves money on batteries, and doesn't pollute the earth.

Comments

[fwater]

"Using rechargeable batteries...doesn't pollute the earth." Rechargeable batteries are far more caustic that regular batteries. But they do make less impact. Fail for false claim, unfail for true claim, and then partial hypocrite fail for having a stash of standard batteries in a previous pic.

[greenbeanmusicmachine]

I recently bought a kind of rechargeable battery made by Sanyo called Eneloop, and they last way longer than any rechargeable battery I have ever used. http://www.eneloop.info/ It explains how they work and why they last so long.