Collect all used batteries until you can bring them to a special recycling collection site. Ordinary single-use alkaline and carbon-zinc batteries are considered non-hazardous and safe to place in the ...

Tossing batteries can pose some serious risks. Learn why it's unwise to do so, and how to safely dispose of them instead. Whether you use regular batteries or have invested in the rechargeable kind, ...

The home furnishing company said in a statement that the goal is to inspire consumers who frequently use batteries to make the switch to rechargeable ones in order to reduce waste at home. “Consumers ...

In some cases, single-use batteries are still the better option. By Sarah Witman Ms. Witman is an associate staff writer at Wirecutter, a product recommendation site owned by The New York Times ...

Reader question: What are the rules for discarding dead batteries in Wisconsin? Can I recycle them or not? Answer: The rules vary according to the type of battery, which I will explain below. There is ...

My good friend Jim Reyer had a saying: “Rude, crude, and socially unacceptable.” That’s the kind of Web link I got back from EDN power editor Margery Conner when I wrote to her about the Lenmar ...

I was drawn to the battery section of Fry’s last Friday because I’d chanced on a package of rechargeable alkaline batteries that had been left on top of a pile of disk drives. I’d not seen ...

The days of strolling into an Ikea and plopping down a few dollars for a 10-pack of Alkalisk batteries are coming to an end. The Swedish furniture-and-meatball purveyor announced earlier this morning ...

Silicon Valley guru and Sun Microsystems Inc. co-founder, Bill Joy already sees the world becoming dependent on batteries. But he thinks alkaline batteries might be the smarter way to go, rather than ...