Uses for old recycled batteries

I use recycled batteries in my digital camera as I'm not willing to do the environmental damage caused by continuously purchasing disposables (initial production cost and then disposing of them after they die). The problem with rechargables is that they tend to lose their ability to hold charge after a period of time / number of recharges. I buy a new set of 4 about every 12 months or so. The girl at Ted's Camera Shop said that she uses her old ones in her remote controls.


When I got home I put the old ones in a new wall clock I got for Christama and it is still going! They degraded to the point of showing zero charge when put in the camera, after only maybe 2 days. It is obvious that digital cameras require so much charge well beyond what these had it recycled batteries would hold.

So there you go folks - use your old recycleable batteries in lower power consuming devices including your remotes and wall clocks. After a while of buying rechargable batteries for your digital camera you should have enough for every other device in the house. I'm sure they will last for a decade or more (recharging will likely be required every now and then). Bye bye disposable batteries!

Web references on recycling

• http://www.obviously.com/recycle/guides/hard.html
  
• http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/
  
• http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Residents/WasteAndRecycling/ReuseAndRecyclingOpportunities.asp
  
• http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-20.htm
  
• ...
  
• Google search "Recyclable batteries"