Last year, his co-worker had to slide away an exploding iPad battery and evacuate the area while it burned out. The root of the problem: volatile lithium-ion batteries sealed inside our favorite electronics from Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and more. These days, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are in smartphones, tablets, laptops, ear buds, toys, power tools, scooters, hoverboards and e-cigarettes. For all their benefits at making our devices slim, powerful and easy to recharge, lithium-ion batteries have some big costs. (RethinkWaste/SBWMA)How to recycle an iPad without it catching fireIt’s bad enough that lithium-ion batteries are dangerous.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2018 16:18 UTC