Recycle Your Rechargeable Batteries!
Tech Soup
JULY 1, 2010
Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.
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How to Get Long Life Out of Laptop and Cell Phone Batteries
Tech Soup
JUNE 20, 2011
Dell says that a full life span for a garden-variety lithium-ion laptop battery is 18 to 24 months. Also it doesn't harm lithium-ion batteries to keep your laptop plugged in to AC power most of the time when you're using it because modern chargers are designed to shut off when the battery is fully charged.
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