Tighter Regulations Setting Battery Recycling Back a Decade, Sending Batteries Back to Landfills

Photo via moria About a week ago, we caught word from 3r Living, an eco-friendly home decor and lifestyle store and website, that they're having a real problem with tightened regulations from the Department of Transportation on shipping batteries for recycling. The stricter regulations include that each individual battery must be either placed in its own plastic bag or have both terminals taped off. This makes battery recycling an expensive hassle, especially when companies like 3r Living are collecting large numbers of batteries from their customers to...