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Earth Day rolls around every 22nd of April. As this post is being written, Earth Day 2023 was just a few days ago. And as is the case every year, we saw a ton of...

Battery-operated toys can be the bane of a parent's existence. That notwithstanding, most toys requiring batteries don't come with batteries included. Even those that do come with batteries do not come with lithium-ion batteries. They...

It's interesting how a person's understanding of a particular topic is directly related to personal experience. Take batteries. Most consumers don't know how many different types of batteries are out there. Why? Because our knowledge...

The most notable difference between NiCad and lithium-ion batteries is their internal chemistry. Every battery needs an anode, cathode, and electrolyte. Without all three, you get no power.

Are you familiar with the old idiom, 'waste not, want not'? It is an expression to denote the fact that you will not want something new if you don't waste what you already have. Think...

As this post is being written, there is only one more week of winter remaining. Spring is on the doorstep. And for those of us at Pale Blue Earth, it is time to get ready...

Regular readers of the Paleblue blog know how passionate we are about battery recycling. So it goes without saying that we are over the moon about a recently released report from one of our favorite...

More than a decade ago, an organization known as Fronesys published a report originally developed to make a business case for sustainability. The report laid out no fewer than six reasons companies should embrace the...

Lithium-ion and nickel metal hydride (NiMH) are two of the most popular technologies for consumer batteries. Before lithium-ion was popular, NiMH competed with NiCad batteries for market dominance. But these days, lithium-ion is the clear...