That in of itself is yet another scam. Recycling anything other than certain metals (IE aluminum, copper) produces more polutants and uses more energy that it does to put them in a land fill.
The point of recycling the metals in batteries is very worth while. Lithium and cadmium (along with some other chemistries) are poisonous. When I worked at Batteries Plus in college (over a 3 year span), the cost of nickel alone when up about 60%. We were given figures on the lead market and since 2003 lead was up some 300%. Thankfully about 80-90% of your car battery contains recycled lead. Last time I checked, metals don't grow on trees.
Where did the mercury come from to begin with? Wasn't it out there in the environment already?
If I need to get rid of one I will simply throw it in the garbage. lazs
I switched to them some time ago just to save money. It worked. The big savings is the lack of heat being generated which causes an A/C to work more to keep the home at the temperature set. Our electric bill dropped 10 to 15% over the same period the year before.Phillips has the ALTO line of CFL's which is the only flourescent light(s) to be granted non-hazardous status in the state California and by the EPA.
We had a study here at Lockheed a few years ago concerning the benefits of LCD monitors vs CRT's. The LCD's obviously used less power, but the savings were doubled when we took the reduced heat generated into account.
