Repair or Recycle Rechargeable Batteries at Batteries Plus
July 10th, 2008

Just in time for hurricane season, Batteries Plus has opened its sixth retail store in the Tampa Bay region. While the stores carry thousands of different batteries, they also can rebuild or recycle rechargeable batteries used on everything from electric toothbrushes and cell phones to power tools and lawn mowers.

"A lot of people throw those tools away because it's less expensive to buy a new one than replace the battery," notes Dan Snyder, who owns the Batteries Plus stores in the Tampa Bay region. "We can take almost any battery and recharge it so it's typically better than new - saving money for our customers and keeping batteries and perfectly good tools out of the landfill."

If Batteries Plus can't fix a rechargeable battery, they can recycle it through the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation, a not-for-profit organization funded by battery manufacturers, Synder adds. "Regular batteries have almost zero mercury now, but the rechargeable batteries contain components like nickel, cadmium, and lithium that can be harmful," he said.

For more information, visit www.batteriesplus.com.