Topic by Bunny Wabbit

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To be considered for BA, you will have to cite a reference, and limit your responses to facts.

I've placed a call with my county is hazardous materials collection unit, which (according to one official I've spoken with,)handles the post-consumer life of these batteries, but I've not yet gotten an answer, and my web-searches have come up blank.All of the battery recycling programs I've learned of relate to household and smaller (ie: cell phone and computer) rechargables.

Until l understand the fate of these batteries, l really do not have any reason to consider cars built around them more or less environmentally damaging than those built around a traditional internal combustion engine.The environmental impact of a vehicle is manufacture and use goes well beyond what comes out of the tailpipe.

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What happens to the batteries in hybrid cars when they reach their life-expectancy

Toyota & Honda place decals with a toll-free number on their hybrid battery packs. Toyota offers a $200 bounty to ensure that every battery comes back to the company. In a press release, Toyota states, ''Every part of the battery, from the precious metals to the plastic, plates, steel case & the wiring, is recycled.'' Honda arranges for the collection of the battery & transfers it to a preferred recycler to follow their prescribed process: disassembling & sorting the materials; shredding the plastic material; recovering & processing the metal; & neutralizing the alkaline material before sending it to a landfill.