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- 1. Batteries should not be thrown in the _____.
- 5. Heavy metals from batteries in landfills can leak into _______.
- 8. _____ is infinitely recyclable.
- 9. What makes up 1% of trash in landfills, but is responsible for 50-70% of heavy metal waste?
- 14. There is a 45-90% energy savings when making metal from re-melted metal, vs making it from ___.
- 15. Recycling batteries reduces your _____ footprint.
- 16. Where can you bring batteries to be recycled?
- 19. Name another product recovered from batteries through recycling.
- 20. North Americans used 200,000 tons of sealed cell batteries every ____.
Down
- 2. Alkaline batteries can be broken down into _____ commodities.
- 3. Only 5% of batteries are recycled properly in this country.
- 4. 86.5% of materials in an _______ battery are recovered during recycling.
- 6. Buying _________ batteries is a great option instead of traditional throw-away batteries.
- 7. A type of battery that can be recycled
- 10. In North America, over 100 ______ new lead batteries are made from recycled waste lead-acid batteries each year.
- 11. Name a metal recovered from batteries during the recycling process.
- 12. Can batteries be recycled through municipal recycling?
- 13. Toxins from _______ from improperly disposed consumer batteries can cause serious damage to vital organs.
- 17. Something you put on the end of batteries to prep them for recycling.
- 18. The average household uses 1.2 ______ of sealed cell batteries per year.