5 Ideas for a More Sustainable 2022 Holiday Season

5 Ideas for a More Sustainable 2022 Holiday Season

The holidays are designed for good times and great memories. They are a time we get together with friends and family members to celebrate. Unfortunately, they can also be a time of excess. Where there...
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How to Avoid Purchasing Counterfeit Batteries (It's Not Hard)

Yahoo! Life contributor Kali Coleman recently put together a piece discussing FBI warnings over counterfeit batteries. It is a good piece that reminds readers the reality of counterfeit products. To play off that post, we...
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Consumer Battery Market Report Offers Good News and Bad

A recent market research report looking at the global consumer battery market appears to be a mixed bag. The Global Industry Analysts report shows the overall market should see significant growth over the next five...
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Do You Know What the EPA Says About Household Battery Disposal?

Household batteries are pretty much mandatory these days. They power everything from flashlights to remote controls and Xbox controllers. Needless to say, the average home has plenty of household batteries installed in devices and laying...
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USB-C Progressing Toward Being the Default USB Port

Here at Paleblue, we have been making the transition to USB-C technology for the last several months. USB-C is the latest iteration of a charging and data transfer technology that has been around for more...
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Powering a Rock Concerts Proves What Batteries Are Capable Of

Batteries are incredible little devices that allow us to power electronics without having to plug them into the wall. Sometimes it seems like we take them for granted. But we shouldn't. A recent tour of...
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That Paper Battery You Heard About Is for Low-Power Devices

Pale Blue Earth discusses how the paper battery that is easy to make, cheap, and fully biodegradable. However, the paper battery is for low-power devices only.
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How Recycled Consumer Batteries Could Some Day Power a Car

Residents of New York's Broome County were invited to participate in a lithium-ion battery recycling event held in Endwell over the course of a single weekend in mid-August.  Event organizers were looking for lithium-ion AA...