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Most people buy regular batteries at the stores and use them in whatever
devices,clocks,wris****ches,radios,you name it.When the batteries are
worn down,they put them in the trash cans/bags and the batteries,along
with other garbage/trash get set out front for the garbage trucks to
pick the garbage up and haul the garbage to the garbage dumps and the
batteies wind up buried down in the masses of other garbage.Some people
throw old batteries down on the parking lots,roads,sidewalks,just
anywhere they want to dispose of them.
cuhulin

Actually, we only do that in America and the UK.

In other smarter countries, they recycle them through legislation. Take a
visit to London, and you'll see just how extensive recylcing is. It's
excellent.

I'm aware that (from the sound of it) as an American you are unfortunately
statistically likely to be unaware of the effects of what you do in life in
terms of environmental issues. Batteries are a major plague, rechargable
less so, but the systems used to charge them are largely inefficient, unless
you pay over $100 for one. People don't pay over the odds because 1)
electricity is cheap in most places and 2) The initial cost of a good
efficient charger outweights the overall benefit when compared to how many
packets of cheap batteries the $100 would buy.

Alls I can say is watch out, that defiant method of living will wear out
within the next 10 years. Don't 'make the best' of it now, try live a better
life now, you'll appreciate it.

Plus look at it this way, a crank-up radio will likely strengthen the
masturbation wrist :-)

NB: That doesn't mean I'm saying all Americans don't give a **** about the
environment, but research shows that most don't care, which is a real shame.