What are dry cell batteries
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More importantly why are they not easily recycled? Having a wireless mouse/keyboard I go through double A's at the rate of about a dozen month myabe a little less. Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use. Being environmentally conscience I googled for how to recycle the massive collection of dry cells I have accumulated (thinking they are hazardous the the environment I didn't want to chuck em') and all I found was places that accept rechargables, etc... If you want to dispose of dry cells, you need to actually "pay" to get rid of them...to the tune of about $25/12Lbs of batteries... Not exaclty what call incentive to bother recycling. If anything I could be bothered to spend the effort to get rid of batteries if it was free, but to pay? I'm not that dedicated. :P So I ask...why (or where) do all recycling places not accept dry cell batteries. Obviously because they are not reusable or much to gain from their innerds. Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage??? Isn't there anything worth recycling to offer a company incentive to accept battereis for free? Cheers, Alex
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More importantly why are they not easily recycled? Having a wireless mouse/keyboard I go through double A's at the rate of about a dozen month myabe a little less. Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use. Being environmentally conscience I googled for how to recycle the massive collection of dry cells I have accumulated (thinking they are hazardous the the environment I didn't want to chuck em') and all I found was places that accept rechargables, etc... If you want to dispose of dry cells, you need to actually "pay" to get rid of them...to the tune of about $25/12Lbs of batteries... Not exaclty what call incentive to bother recycling. If anything I could be bothered to spend the effort to get rid of batteries if it was free, but to pay? I'm not that dedicated. :P So I ask...why (or where) do all recycling places not accept dry cell batteries. Obviously because they are not reusable or much to gain from their innerds. Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage??? Isn't there anything worth recycling to offer a company incentive to accept battereis for free? Cheers, Alex
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One assumes they contain waste and you pay someone to deal with it in a clean way. The answer is to buy rechargables, I guess.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
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One assumes they contain waste and you pay someone to deal with it in a clean way. The answer is to buy rechargables, I guess.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Fare enough...however I'm thinking...there are probably millions of batteries which are dry cell and now garbage. How can it not be anything worth recycling, is what I am trying to understand. Nessecity is the mother of all invention (or however that saying goes). I see opportunity here and I am just surprised someone (clearly brighter than me) hasn't figured out a way to make recycling dry cell batteries profitable. Cheers, Alex
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More importantly why are they not easily recycled? Having a wireless mouse/keyboard I go through double A's at the rate of about a dozen month myabe a little less. Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use. Being environmentally conscience I googled for how to recycle the massive collection of dry cells I have accumulated (thinking they are hazardous the the environment I didn't want to chuck em') and all I found was places that accept rechargables, etc... If you want to dispose of dry cells, you need to actually "pay" to get rid of them...to the tune of about $25/12Lbs of batteries... Not exaclty what call incentive to bother recycling. If anything I could be bothered to spend the effort to get rid of batteries if it was free, but to pay? I'm not that dedicated. :P So I ask...why (or where) do all recycling places not accept dry cell batteries. Obviously because they are not reusable or much to gain from their innerds. Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage??? Isn't there anything worth recycling to offer a company incentive to accept battereis for free? Cheers, Alex
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They contain very little vermouth.
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They contain very little vermouth.
Bond. James Bond.
Software Zen:
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More importantly why are they not easily recycled? Having a wireless mouse/keyboard I go through double A's at the rate of about a dozen month myabe a little less. Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use. Being environmentally conscience I googled for how to recycle the massive collection of dry cells I have accumulated (thinking they are hazardous the the environment I didn't want to chuck em') and all I found was places that accept rechargables, etc... If you want to dispose of dry cells, you need to actually "pay" to get rid of them...to the tune of about $25/12Lbs of batteries... Not exaclty what call incentive to bother recycling. If anything I could be bothered to spend the effort to get rid of batteries if it was free, but to pay? I'm not that dedicated. :P So I ask...why (or where) do all recycling places not accept dry cell batteries. Obviously because they are not reusable or much to gain from their innerds. Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage??? Isn't there anything worth recycling to offer a company incentive to accept battereis for free? Cheers, Alex
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PCSpectra wrote:
Being environmentally conscience
If this were true you would do 1 use rechargables, 2 get a wired mouse. :confused: I cannot conceive of using non rechargables except in an emergency (I need AA for my camera and recently forgot my charger on a trip to Thailand, what an idiot, the wife still pays out on that one) I also had not considered this when looking at wireless accessories, I think I'll stick to the wired ones until the PC can broadcast the power as well.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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More importantly why are they not easily recycled? Having a wireless mouse/keyboard I go through double A's at the rate of about a dozen month myabe a little less. Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use. Being environmentally conscience I googled for how to recycle the massive collection of dry cells I have accumulated (thinking they are hazardous the the environment I didn't want to chuck em') and all I found was places that accept rechargables, etc... If you want to dispose of dry cells, you need to actually "pay" to get rid of them...to the tune of about $25/12Lbs of batteries... Not exaclty what call incentive to bother recycling. If anything I could be bothered to spend the effort to get rid of batteries if it was free, but to pay? I'm not that dedicated. :P So I ask...why (or where) do all recycling places not accept dry cell batteries. Obviously because they are not reusable or much to gain from their innerds. Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage??? Isn't there anything worth recycling to offer a company incentive to accept battereis for free? Cheers, Alex
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PCSpectra wrote:
Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use.
That seems really low. Might be time to get a new mouse. My Logitech wireless mouse goes about a month on a pair of batteries. My wireless keyboard burns through them every couple weeks.
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More importantly why are they not easily recycled? Having a wireless mouse/keyboard I go through double A's at the rate of about a dozen month myabe a little less. Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use. Being environmentally conscience I googled for how to recycle the massive collection of dry cells I have accumulated (thinking they are hazardous the the environment I didn't want to chuck em') and all I found was places that accept rechargables, etc... If you want to dispose of dry cells, you need to actually "pay" to get rid of them...to the tune of about $25/12Lbs of batteries... Not exaclty what call incentive to bother recycling. If anything I could be bothered to spend the effort to get rid of batteries if it was free, but to pay? I'm not that dedicated. :P So I ask...why (or where) do all recycling places not accept dry cell batteries. Obviously because they are not reusable or much to gain from their innerds. Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage??? Isn't there anything worth recycling to offer a company incentive to accept battereis for free? Cheers, Alex
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Dry cells normally contain manganese dioxide and carbon along with some sort of either acid or alkaline. The composition varies somewhat on the exact type, but none of that is very hazardous in general, especially when they are spent. On the other hand, 3 - 5 days on a wireless mouse!?!?!? You ought to find a better mouse! My Logitech uses 2 AAA cells and they last about 6 months and I use it many hours every day and never turn it off, since it has a power saver feature built in.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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They contain very little vermouth.
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More importantly why are they not easily recycled? Having a wireless mouse/keyboard I go through double A's at the rate of about a dozen month myabe a little less. Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use. Being environmentally conscience I googled for how to recycle the massive collection of dry cells I have accumulated (thinking they are hazardous the the environment I didn't want to chuck em') and all I found was places that accept rechargables, etc... If you want to dispose of dry cells, you need to actually "pay" to get rid of them...to the tune of about $25/12Lbs of batteries... Not exaclty what call incentive to bother recycling. If anything I could be bothered to spend the effort to get rid of batteries if it was free, but to pay? I'm not that dedicated. :P So I ask...why (or where) do all recycling places not accept dry cell batteries. Obviously because they are not reusable or much to gain from their innerds. Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage??? Isn't there anything worth recycling to offer a company incentive to accept battereis for free? Cheers, Alex
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PCSpectra wrote:
Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use.
I have a MS wireless mouse kbd at work - so 8 hours a day - batteries last around 4-5 months on average. I had a logitech wireless mouse and kb at home - heavy mouse use in games! - lasted almost forever - in fact the mouse switches broke almost before the batteries died! I bought a REAL cheap Laser wireless mouse and Kbd (like, $25 for both) two months ago and have yet to replace the batteries - and these were the 'el cheapo' batteries that came with the kbd/mouse. So be green- buy a new keyboard and mouse, or get better batteries! Oh - and if you d use rechargeabls remember to keep a spare set of regular batteries to use while recharging, and remember they tend to go quickly (i.e. they lose their Oomph all at once, not slowly reducing over time) so you don't get the warning ou can with regular batteries.
Life is like a pubic hair on the toilet seat... ...sometimes, you just get pissed off. .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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PCSpectra wrote:
Being environmentally conscience
If this were true you would do 1 use rechargables, 2 get a wired mouse. :confused: I cannot conceive of using non rechargables except in an emergency (I need AA for my camera and recently forgot my charger on a trip to Thailand, what an idiot, the wife still pays out on that one) I also had not considered this when looking at wireless accessories, I think I'll stick to the wired ones until the PC can broadcast the power as well.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
If this were true you would do 1 use rechargables, 2 get a wired mouse
I said "conscience" not zealous...I (like most people) will favour conviencence over environment. I already bike everywhere so I do my part in terms of emitting polution while transporting myself from A to B -- except in the Winter in which case I drive. :P
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
I cannot conceive of using non rechargables except in an emergency (I need AA for my camera and recently forgot my charger on a trip to Thailand, what an idiot, the wife still pays out on that one)
Wow...you deserve the Nobel Prize for that effort. :laugh:
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
also had not considered this when looking at wireless accessories, I think I'll stick to the wired ones until the PC can broadcast the power as well.
Honestly, truth be told...I was tired of wired mice not so much keyboards...the mouse is a PITA as it dies more frequently than the keyboard...and always at the worst moments...during a click and drag or some damn thing. I will never go the wireless mouse route again...live and learn I guess. :)
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PCSpectra wrote:
Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use.
That seems really low. Might be time to get a new mouse. My Logitech wireless mouse goes about a month on a pair of batteries. My wireless keyboard burns through them every couple weeks.
Logitech is what it is...cheap batteries are what I use...I do have recharables but I have many devices which use batteries so sometimes I need to use dry cell. My computer is powered up constantly, around the clock, the mouse and keyboard probably get used at least 16 hours a day and maybe more on some days...
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Dry cells normally contain manganese dioxide and carbon along with some sort of either acid or alkaline. The composition varies somewhat on the exact type, but none of that is very hazardous in general, especially when they are spent. On the other hand, 3 - 5 days on a wireless mouse!?!?!? You ought to find a better mouse! My Logitech uses 2 AAA cells and they last about 6 months and I use it many hours every day and never turn it off, since it has a power saver feature built in.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Logitech Wireless desktop LX 300 is what I have...the mouse is a PITA
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More importantly why are they not easily recycled? Having a wireless mouse/keyboard I go through double A's at the rate of about a dozen month myabe a little less. Two batteries in my mouse last about 3-5 days depending on use. Being environmentally conscience I googled for how to recycle the massive collection of dry cells I have accumulated (thinking they are hazardous the the environment I didn't want to chuck em') and all I found was places that accept rechargables, etc... If you want to dispose of dry cells, you need to actually "pay" to get rid of them...to the tune of about $25/12Lbs of batteries... Not exaclty what call incentive to bother recycling. If anything I could be bothered to spend the effort to get rid of batteries if it was free, but to pay? I'm not that dedicated. :P So I ask...why (or where) do all recycling places not accept dry cell batteries. Obviously because they are not reusable or much to gain from their innerds. Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage??? Isn't there anything worth recycling to offer a company incentive to accept battereis for free? Cheers, Alex
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PCSpectra wrote:
Why is it dry cell batteries are essentially "non-reusable" garbage
Why are cars still built in North America from ridiculous amounts of steel which causes the fuel economy to go to crap from the sheer weight of the car itself? Inertia and lack of incentive to change. Toss your mouse, it's seriously screwed if you're only getting a few days on the batteries. Here is everything you wanted to know about the exact issue you posted about: http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/batteries_not_included/[^]
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
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Logitech Wireless desktop LX 300 is what I have...the mouse is a PITA
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I can't read the model number on the one I have -- small print, light blue on a black background, but I've had it for about 2 years now and it suits me just fine. I also have another one I use with my spare laptop, Logitech LZ374AX. It uses 1 AA cell and I haven't changed it in a year, but I don't use it every single day. I'd sure check into getting a different mouse!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Fare enough...however I'm thinking...there are probably millions of batteries which are dry cell and now garbage. How can it not be anything worth recycling, is what I am trying to understand. Nessecity is the mother of all invention (or however that saying goes). I see opportunity here and I am just surprised someone (clearly brighter than me) hasn't figured out a way to make recycling dry cell batteries profitable. Cheers, Alex
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PCSpectra wrote:
How can it not be anything worth recycling, is what I am trying to understand.
Simple - what is left after the chemical reaction that creates power, has no value and is messy to deal with in a 'clean' way. If that were not so, market demand would have created a price for them.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.