People’s responsibility towards a healthy environment
First of all people should be educated about the various environmental hazards posed by improper disposal of batteries and the advantages of battery recycling. Various used-battery collection points say for example the retailer himself or other recycling centers and the ways to access those should be known to the people. They should seek guidance on how to dispose or recycle batteries from either the distributor who originally supplied the battery, the battery manufacturer or the appliance manufacturer. People should adopt preventive measures also. People should go in for rechargeable batteries as these are comparatively environmental friendly and have a low self-discharge. Also recycling of rechargeable batteries is made easier via RBRC (Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation). Before buying batteries, they should check if they have one in hand. They can go for hand-operated items that function without batteries. They can go for devices that use solar enery. People can also look for batteries that contain less of heavy metals like mercury, cadmium. Everyone should understand that recycling batteries is essential for the planet’s survival.
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