| Demand for batteries in the United States has | | | | NiMH rechargeable batteries can be recharged as |
| steadily been increasing for decades. With the | | | | many as one thousand times. They are similar to |
| continuing technological advances in consumer | | | | traditional alkaline batteries, but the chemical reactions |
| products and the increasing portability of battery | | | | that occur inside a rechargeable battery are |
| operated equipment, this demand for batteries will | | | | reversible, allowing them to be recharged again and |
| continue. According to Battery Solutions, Inc. a | | | | again. |
| battery recycling group in Michigan, there were over | | | | When rechargeable batteries are not an option, |
| 3 billion industrial and household batteries sold in the | | | | lithium and titanium batteries are an attractive |
| United States alone in 1998. The problem is that | | | | alternative. Both provide longer lasting energy which |
| despite the average consumer's increased awareness | | | | again leads to less consumption and less disposal. |
| of recycling programs for plastic bottles, aluminum | | | | Energizer's lithium battery weighs less, has a longer |
| cans, and newspapers picked up curbside in most | | | | shelf life, and performs better in extreme |
| neighborhoods these days, the average consumer | | | | temperatures than an ordinary alkaline battery due to |
| does not partake in a battery recycling program. By | | | | its unique spirally wound construction. According to |
| using long lasting and rechargeable batteries, one can | | | | Energizer, lithium batteries take over six hundred |
| diminish the environmental impact of used batteries | | | | digital photographs, while ordinary alkaline batteries |
| by simply consuming and thereby discarding less. | | | | take only ninety. They recommend using lithium |
| Battery Metals | | | | batteries in digital cameras, CD players, and MP3 |
| While the exact chemical composition of household | | | | players. Lithium is also the lightest metal known, |
| batteries varies from type to type, most batteries | | | | minimizing concerns of heavy metals in the |
| contain heavy metals, which are the main cause for | | | | environment. |
| environmental concern. When disposed of incorrectly, | | | | Energizer e2 Batteries |
| these heavy metals may leak into the ground when | | | | Energizer's e2 titanium batteries are recommended |
| the battery casing corrodes. | | | | for MP3 and portable CD players, hand-held video |
| Using Titanium and Rechargeable Batteries | | | | games, digital and photo flash cameras. They are also |
| The most environmentally sound option is to use | | | | recommended for critical household devices such as |
| rechargeable batteries and a battery charger. The | | | | smoke detectors and flashlights. Energizer claims they |
| reason is obvious: rechargeable batteries produce less | | | | should be used in any high tech devices that typically |
| waste for the environment because they can be | | | | drain a lot of energy. Their titanium compound and |
| reused. They also save energy, because the energy | | | | unique cell construction increase energy's conductivity |
| needed to manufacture a battery is on average fifty | | | | and allow electrons to flow better. |
| times greater than the energy it gives out. Energizer | | | | Through innovative products such as Energizer's |
| leads the industry with its rechargeable batteries. | | | | rechargeable, lithium, and e2 titanium batteries, |
| They are made with nickel metal hydride (NiMH) | | | | battery manufacturers are contributing to important |
| which is safer for the environment than nickel | | | | efforts to conserve our natural resources and |
| cadmium (NiCd) rechargeable batteries. Energizer's | | | | protect the environment for generations to come. |