San Francisco E-waste outlines the Benefits of Battery Recycling San Francisco E-waste is the leading recycling company for computer Ewaste San Francisco which today will shed light on the consequences that accompany the increasing battery waste generation in the US as well the benefits which come with the proper recycling of unused batteries.
Do you know? As per the survey conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans each year throw away more than 3 billion batteries. That rounds about more than 1, 80,000 tons of batteries. Out of these 1, 80,000 tons of batteries, more than 86,000 tons of batteries are single use alkaline ones. When placed one after the other, these 86,000 tons of dead alkaline batteries alone would circumnavigate the world at least 6 times. The United States alone throw away more than 14, 000 tons of rechargeable batteries.