Green-Changing Experience: #10 Termination of Non-Rechargeable Battery usage:

Trina's very own rechargeable battery kit. 30 Nov. 2010. Personal photograph by

author.

Every time I turn around my family and I constantly have to change the batteries that are used for running our electronics at home. Devices such as television remotes, video game controllers, CD players, clocks, flash lights and cameras are just a few examples of technology that rely on battery power to keep them operating. A, AA, to AAA etc. Batteries are one of the world’s most productive ways to run electronics. Cell phones for example run on battery life, except in this case the battery type has changed, and chargers are the latest invention.

Battery chargers have many positive roles that non-rechargeable batteries do not. For instance, non-rechargeable batteries cause waste, and if they are not properly disposed of, our soil, and groundwater could eventually become effected. As a matter of fact, there is no true safe way to dispose of this material, for it is made up of many chemicals, including acid. Re-chargeable batteries on the other hand, are made to last much longer—essentially reducing society's intake, because batteries do not need to be changed every month. Re-chargeable batteries however do have some down falls starting with the consumption of electrical output, using up very little money and power to charge these devices. On the flip side our landfill and water contamination would be less likely to become polluted, which means our environment would look and feel healthy.

Rechargeable batteries are not a large investment however they will end up being more money then non-rechargeable ones. This cost is usually only a onetime deal, unlike non-rechargeable batteries where you would then have to buy on a regular basis, paying roughly five to eight dollars.

On a website I read that approximately 15 billon batteries are produced and sold around the world, that is a large amount of batteries that maintain use on our planet. Not to mention how many of these batteries are not disposed of properly and get thrown out in the wrong places. Rechargeable batteries are the most productive replacement for throwaway batteries. You can easily save money by a single purchase, instead of a daily purchase. Reliability is another possibility when is comes to rechargeable batteries because you can use these batteries for a while before you have to recharge them. They will ultimately save your household a lot of money and most importantly they persuade my environmentally friendly persona to eliminate my own battery waste contribution, to better our environment.