A new use for Batteries

May 18, 2008

We’re going to have to be creative if we are going to slow down the destruction , EcoGeek tells us about 3 Brazilian students who are using their heads to find new uses for batteries. Camila da Silva Bruzadelli, Alan Juliano de Andrade and Deborah Asbahr, of Limeira, Brazil, discovered that the metals in batteries can be used to color ceramics. The batteries are disassembled and the metals removed, then processed to release the metal oxides, which can then be used as colorants.

Another innovator, Chen; Kuo-Chun (Encinitas, CA), has a patent for his process of extracting rare earth metals for ceramic colorants.

In the US alone, we use nearly 3 billion dry-cell batteries every year to power our tools and toys. It would be fantastic to find a way to re-use them for something constructive rather than dumping toxic metals in the landfill. In the meantime, find out where you can recycle batteries, for your home or your business, check out BatteryRecycling.com.

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