Green Bugs

So many things in our homes are now battery powered, and single use batteries can be very expensive. This is because you have to keep on buying new batteries each time the old ones run out. This is extremely harmful to the environment because of all the toxic chemicals that the batteries contain, such as lead, mercury, and cadmium which can then leach out into the land, and contaminate water supplies. (Some areas are now offering battery recycling services, whereby they recycle what they can and safely dispose of what they cannot).

Alternatively there are ‘battery regenerators’ available from Wikaniko. These bring your single use batteries back to life for the cost of about 1p.

They do this by safely cleaning the dirty electrodes inside the battery, enabling you to be able to use them again. Of course, rechargeable batteries are possibly the best way to go. Although the initial outlay is more expensive, they work out much cheaper in the long run as you can keep re-using them, and they only cost a couple of pence to recharge.