RECYCLING BATTERIES FEELS GOOD

I do not want to get ‘touchy-feeley’, gooey-ooey on you folks. The subject here is not about “Dr. Lankford’s opinion on the mood swings of recycling batteries”…, or even “how I feel about it…”

Change, and the perspective is gives down the road, is very interesting. For example, it really is different if someone has recycled their home trash for awhile, and then visits a friend who does not recycle. In helping them take out the trash, I notice something is missing. Their trash is actually somehow dirtier. The garbage and cardboard and plastic bottles somehow just don’t belong together. There are vestiges of the guilt of having to do what one has learned not to do that come in. I just close the lid and try to forget about it because it is really not right for me to tell people how to do their trash. Things of that nature have a special time and place. It is none of my business.

The same goes here regarding batteries. We at Battery Boulevard are not on a crusade to change people. We just talk about what we do and what we have learned. Today there really is more information available about this small but important service we can do for our society if we separate the non-degradable from the biodegradable. But it really is a personal decision.

Cynics have a justified view to say one small effort really makes little difference to the world. One small aluminum can taken out of a sea of toxic garbage and placed in a recycle receptacle seems grossly unnoticed. But that is not the main reason I recycle. I had to learn what it is about. For me it is about doing what I can for myself and my home and what I am given to work and live with. It is not a moral subject. It is, however, humbling to realize my effort can be at times small at best. But it is what I can do for the next person who comes along.

People who read are more apt to recycle. They are more exposed to the facts of how the earth is getting polluted and how wildlife struggles to live in the wake of our refuse. They are doing their best to survive. Ultimately, I believe they will with or without us.

But it really gives me a good sense of doing something worthwhile when I recycle. Sure, I get no Academy Award or even a discount coupon from Coca-cola. But I know I am able to do something unrewarded that is good. It takes a few extra minutes, and somehow helps me find my conscience as one of America’s living consumers.

Recycling batteries is simple, and here are some websites to help you find local places to take your used batteries.
Next time, you might consider buying rechargeable batteries and you won’t have to recycle nearly as often.

Here is a quick search engine to find where you can locally

recycle:Local Recycle Drop-off
Look at the top of the page here: Earth911 Recycling

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