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washington business
leading environmental practices
all battery sales and service, everett
www.allbatterysalesandservice.com
what it does: Systematically led efforts to promote battery recycling starting with
automotive batteries in the late ‘70s, long before 1989 legislation made it mandatory.
More recently, it has led efforts to promote recycling of household rechargeable
batteries and even alkaline batteries, including regular household batteries such as
AA, AAA, C, D and 9 volt.
why it’s difficult: Alkaline batteries cannot be recycled as batteries, but are
ground up instead and separated for use as construction filler material, low-grade
steel products and crop nutrients. Until recently, this was done at a destination in
Mesa, Ariz., making shipping expensive and raising the carbon footprint.
the breakthrough: All Battery Sales and Service is currently part of a
test project in which used alkaline batteries are sent directly to local plants for
repurposing, drastically lowering the cost to counties, municipalities and businesses.
It could go nationwide by 2013.
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