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Stop Throwing Cellphone Batteries in the Trash, You're Firebombing Garbage Trucks
It can be difficult to figure out what to do with your old electronics when you’re ready to move on from them, but here is one thing you should definitely not do: throw them in the trash. Discarded devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are basically ...
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Why you should never throw away lithium batteries
Why you should never throw away lithium batteries The lithium-ion batteries that power our phones, laptops and even power tools are dumpster fires waiting to happen. Here's why. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2IRUkXa
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Boom in giant batteries hits another roadblock: Cities' fear of fire
The new era of big batteries has already drawn scrutiny after fiery electric-car crashes across America and Europe. Now, U.S. city planners are worried about the same risk of hard-to-control blazes as these power-storage units make their way into basements ...
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Batteries Could be Powered by Soot
A team of researchers led by Dr. Jun Kang at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University in South Korea, has found a way to convert soot from ship exhaust into graphite for potential use in lithium batteries. Lithium batteries are used in a wide range of ...
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Where to put your old phone batteries (Hint: NOT in the garbage)
Lithium-ion batteries are exploding at dumps and recycling plants across the United States – and that’s a problem. These types of batteries come most often in the device that’s likely in your hand or pocket – your smartphone. Today we’re taking a ...
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GMP looks to Tesla batteries to ramp up energy independence
A Tesla PowerWall installed at the home of Luke Tarbi and Summer Jackson in the Deerfield Valley. Photo supplied by Luke Tarbi This article by Bob Audette was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on Friday, May 18. BRATTLEBORO — When a windstorm or ...
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Solar Energy Batteries on the Rise
As the cost of batteries for solar energy drops and the capabilities increase, homeowners are increasingly looking to solar-plus-storage technologies for greater energy independence and resiliency. Natural disasters and extreme weather events in 2017 ...
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EV batteries present new challenges for firefighters
Firefighters doused the blazing Tesla Model X's battery pack, and then company engineers removed about one-quarter of its power cells before the vehicle was deemed safe to tow off a California freeway. That didn't prevent the powerful and highly flammable ...
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Geely Electric Cars Use LG Chem Cloned Batteries
Volvo, thanks to its parent company Geely, found a way to manufacture plug-in cars in China with LG Chem batteries and fully comply with Chinese requirements to use only approved battery suppliers. Foreign battery manufacturers are not equally treated in ...
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Disposable Batteries’ Impact on the Environment
Dear EarthTalk: Can I throw my old disposable batteries in the trash or is there a way to recycle them? — Jennifer Brandstrom, Chicago, IL Truth be told, those old used up disposable alkaline batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt, etc.) aren’t the ...
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