2024年5月2日

Disposing of Alkaline Batteries: What You Need to Know

你们是如何处理碱性电池的? 所有 of the batteries you use around a home or business – 9-volt, AA, AAA, C, D, etc. – are all examples of single-use alkaline battery sizes. It’s the Energizer, Duracell, Rayovac, and generic store brand batteries you purchase in stores.Single-use batteries go into fire/smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, flashlights, […]

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2024年4月29日

Cell 电话 Recycling: What to Do With Old Technology

在美国.S., consumers replace their cell phones every two and a half to three years. In general, Samsung offers five to seven years of security updates. 谷歌像素获得五年的安全更新. The i电话’s security updates end after about five years. The lesser-known Fairphone promises security updates for seven years. 当新的病毒,[…]

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2024年2月26日

Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling and Urban Mining: Tapping Into Local 资源

By 2030, Statista estimates the demand for lithium-ion batteries around the world will have increased by 7x. A lot of this growth focuses on the demand for electric vehicles and the decline of gas- or diesel-powered trucks, 汽车, 和越野车. While lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) help us live technology-rich lives, these rechargeable batteries are also environmental hazards. 

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2024年2月16日

E-Waste and Election Years: The Effects of Democracy

参议员汤姆·卡珀, 雪莱·摩尔·卡皮托, and John Boozman reintroduced The Recycling and Composting Accountability Act after it failed to make it past the House in 2022. The goals of this bill are to make it easier for people to recycle electronics and other harder-to-recycle products. 截至2024年2月,S.1194没有进展.电子垃圾是一种[…]

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