UNIROSS Study on the Environmental Impact of ... - Battery Logic

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Rechargeable batteries 9
And recycling
batteries?
Only 25% of batteries are actually
recycled, the other 75% being thrown
away into household waste without
sorting. Recycling systems are being
organised, but managing batteries at
the end of their lifetime continues to
be a major challenge for battery
manufacturers.
Reducing the number of batteries at
the end of their lifetime, by using
rechargeable batteries, will provide a
solution to this serious, complex
environmental challenge.
Environmental
and financial
benefits
The purchase of rechargeable
batteries and a charger pays for itself
after the fifth recharge. This equates
to buying 5 packs of disposal
batteries, whereas the rechargeable
battery can be reused more than a
hundred times: environmentally
friendly as well as making substantial
savings!
II How can we reduce environmental impact
as much as possible?
<strong>UNIROSS</strong> recommendations for optimum
use of rechargeable batteries
<strong>UNIROSS</strong> proposes a guide to best practices for the use of a rechargeable battery for
consumers, in order to make the most of the technological and environmental
performances of rechargeable batteries.
Maximising the useful lifetime of rechargeable batteries
A rechargeable battery can be used several hundred times, so long as certain very
simple rules of use are followed:
Avoid using at high temperatures,
Use the charger regularly,
Avoid overcharging the rechargeable battery
Reducing energy consumption during the use phase
As a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, <strong>UNIROSS</strong> is involved in managing its
products at the end of their lifetime and stresses the crucial importance of recycling
them.
Recycling saves raw materials and avoids releasing metals into the environment.
Collecting disposable and rechargeable batteries makes it possible to recycle some
58,000 metric tonnes of metals and to avoid emissions equal to 44 tonnes of
emissions into water.
Recycling rechargeable batteries at the end of their life
As a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, <strong>UNIROSS</strong> is involved in managing its
products at the end of their lifetime and stresses the crucial importance of recycling
them.
Recycling saves raw materials and avoids releasing metals into the environment.
Collecting disposable and rechargeable batteries makes it possible to recycle some
58,000 metric tonnes of metals and to avoid emissions equal to 44 tonnes of
emissions into water.