From cell phones to MP3 players: How rechargeable lithium-ion batteries affect the environment
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Table of Contents
- Introduction to environmental affects of lithium-ion batteries
- Abstracts of the study
- What is currently being done to solve the problems?
- Other ways to counter the problem
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Abstract
lithium-ion batteries one the most popular types of batteries used today. They are lightweight, have a high-energy density, and are less toxic to the environment than any other battery (Jensen et al. 1999). however, they still offer some undesirable effects to the environment. When not recycled properly, they increase the concentration of many types of metals in the environment (Rydh 2003). This can affect the physiological process of both the organisms and the entire ecosystem. The mining for these metals to make the batteries disrupts natural habitats in pristine areas of the globe. In order to avoid these unwanted consequences, it is important to recycle used lithium-ion batteries. It is also important to engineer these batteries to have the most power and longest life span possible, as well as using abundantly found metals to make them (Scrosati et al. 2002).
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