Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Advantages Of Battery Recycling NJ

By Casandra Newton


The uses of batteries in our normal lives are many, although sometimes it may not be obvious to people that they are using them. After using them, they run out of their power and constantly need to be recharged. When listing the advantages of battery recycling NJ residents must look beyond merely saving in cash, and concentrate more on the environmental impact reprocessing has.

People need power derived from cells to accomplish most of their daily activities, which include communicating, movement, doing minor arithmetic calculations and also to check time. On a larger scope, these cells play an important role in providing backup to utility companies. Inevitably, they will run out of power, and we either buy new ones or recharge.

When people recycle, there are several advantages and which are not just confined to the economic benefits, but more crucially are the environmental benefits we get from reprocessing. These cells are made using heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, lithium, nickel, zinc, among other metals. A car battery has an average of 18 pounds of lead metal.

Improper disposal of these leave huge amounts of metal in the environment, as research shows that 90% of mercury found in the solid waste in America comes from dry cells. These harmful metallic compounds get to water bodies by leaching, and get into the body systems of humans when they drink that water or use it for cooking. When they are burned, the remaining ash is just traces of these metals, which also get to landfills.

As it can clearly be seen, there is more to save by recycling than just saving on the cost of manufacture. When wrongly and carelessly disposed, these metals pollute water bodies, from which people get their drinking water, which in turn may lead to serious health conditions like cancer. When the cells are recycled, what is saved is far more important that a few bucks.

Another advantage of reprocessing is that all corrosive acids of which these batteries are made are gotten rid off safely by companies that do reprocessing. One wet cell used for powering cars has 11lb of sulfuric acid, which, if carelessly disposed, remains in the environment for a very long period of time. These acids are therefore disposed better when the wet cells are recycled, rather than burnt or thrown away carelessly.

Reprocessing also avails plastics and metals to be used in making new wet cells and dry cells, which is important because it reduces demand for crude materials. A new car wet cell, for instance, contains roughly 75% of plastic and lead metal which is recycled. Button batteries are also rich in valuable metals like zinc and nickel.

Recycling considerably lowers the manufacturing costs of batteries, which in turn trickles down to consumers in terms of cheaper prices for the same commodity. The other advantage is that landfills spaces are freed to be used for other works. Due to the many benefits of battery recycling NJ residents need to take their used batteries to companies for reprocessing.




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