Laptop Lithium Phone 
Tech Soup
JUNE 20, 2011
I got to talking last week with Kiera Butler of Mother Jones magazine about the best ways to keep the rechargeable batteries in laptops and mobile phones healthy and long-lived. Dell says that a full life span for a garden-variety lithium-ion laptop battery is 18 to 24 months.
Tech Soup
APRIL 21, 2014
Our goal is to teach everyone how to repair the stuff they own—whether it’s laptops , snowboards , toys , or clothes. In the last 10 years, iron ore production has increased by 180%, cobalt by 165%, and lithium by 125%. User-replaceable batteries are key to lengthening the life of electronics like cell phones.
Tech Soup
JULY 1, 2010
Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.
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