Disposing of electronics and their batteries has become an environmental concern. With the growing number of cordless mice that use batteries comes the increase of more toxic trash being thrown in our landfills.
Landfills alone are becoming a problem. Americans alone generate trash at an astonishing rate of four pounds per day per person, which translates to 600,000 tons per day or 210 million tons per year! Inside a landfill, there is little oxygen and little moisture, which means trash does not break down very rapidly. In fact, when old landfills have been excavated or sampled, 40-year-old newspapers have been found with easily readable print. Landfills are not designed to break down trash, merely to bury it. When a
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