My "gym" is a free one - no down payments, no monthly fees - and it is open 24/7, including each and every holiday. Of course, the lighting and temperature are set by the management and I get no input on the environmental settings whatsoever.
Yeah, I like to do my walking outside. This morning, I took a pretty long one, just me and my mp3 player. While I was walking, I noticed that someone had tossed a AA battery by the side of the road. I really hate litter and stuff like batteries which have specific disposal requirements really irk me. I picked up the battery and continued on my way. Would you believe that I found four additional batteries during my walk this morning? Yep, five AA batteries, left to rot on the side of the road.
Finding these batteries got me to thinking about why people would just toss them out a car window instead of disposing of them responsibly - especially since it is so easy to recycle them properly. This got me to thinking about where to deposit used batteries and that led me to the local library.
Libraries aren't just places to do research or to borrow books. Most libraries these days, in addition to their wealth of books, also subscribe to a variety of newspapers and magazines. They have collections of audio and video materials - often in tape and digital formats.
Besides the stuff you can check out to bring home with you, libraries offer all kinds of concerts, movies, plays, cultural events, classes, reading groups, clubs, and services such as stocking IRS forms at tax time.
And they have a collection container for used batteries.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Batteries
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My library has a battery container, too!
Libraries are such wonderful resources yet there are a lot of people who decide not to use them.
Here on base we have curb side recycling which is free. They give really nice big containers that are separated out yet on recycle day 3/4 of the houses don't put down their containers. The general response is: "not my problem and why should I care"
Our library doesn't have one.... Shame, I usually end up chucking mine, bad I know, but at least I put it in a trash can... If we want to recycle ours we have to take them to the other side of town, in a bad area, where our haz mat stuff is... This is why I try and use rechargeable...
Gee, I guess I need to go check the library again. We didn't have anything like that there the last time I visited. It's a great idea, though. People are in and out of there all the time and how easy would it be to just toss in a few batteries on the next trip?
This is a great reminder to people. Most libraries have a hatch at the back for batteries so you don't even have to go in! So easy to do the right thing!
Five tossed batteries? Five? On one (admittedly longish) walk but five? People.
Libraries are fabulous. Mine even offers a mailing service for a small fee. I'm not sure about the battery collection but I wouldn't be surprised.
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