An EU directive puts the onus on battery manufacturers to cover the cost of recycling their products. Groups representing the industry say this will lead to a rise in the cost of batteries. Which won’t be a bad thing, really, it might drive more people to invest in rechargeables, another way to cut the waste and pollution of one-shots.
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A rise in the cost of batteries. Inconvenient, yes, but probably a small price to pay for keeping batteries out of landfills. Unless prices will rise to astronomical levels (is there a chance of that happening?), in which case rechargeable batteries are indeed a much better option.