[GRRN] Ni-Cd Battery Recycling Rate

John Reindl (reindl@co.dane.wi.us)
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:29:18 -0600


In followup to Michelle Raymond's posting of battery recycling, does
anyone have a number of what percentage of Ni-Cd batteries in the US
are being recycled?

Thanks,

John Reindl

> The report also finds that
>
> =95 Collection and recovery of batteries is not cheap. U.S. manufacturer=
s pay
> out about $7.5 million per year but manage to collect and recover about
> 2,500 tons of ni-cd batteries.

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