Rechargable and non recharagable?

Question

which is better for the enviroment? and why?

Answer 1

rechargeable, for every time a standard battery is disposed of incorrectly lithium seeps from landfill into water sources essentially creating battery acid. Rechargeable batteries however are better in this way but when considering power used to create them will probably come from coal or gas powerstations the battery will have a negative effect in the form of co2 into the enviroment. Essentially the best way would be to have rechargeable batteries charged by solar energy.

Answer 2

Rechargeable batteries are better because the reduce the amount of hazardous electronic waste in our landfills.  By recharging a battery over and over we can have a small amount of lithium waste instead of a lot of alkaline, cadmium, and nickel-metal hydride waste.

Answer 3

I am thinking this is a bit trickier than you might think.

My basis is how much does it cost you in the end relates directly to the total energy expended in the end.  Cost to procure + cost to recharge + cost to dispose.  I don't think this is exactly simple.

So you need to see how many times the recharge works and estimate the cost of battery + charging.

The single charge one is just trash but cheaper...

I like the question.

If it matters I try to use rechargeables because you can get them to last for years. I can burn a normal battery in a day.  But at this point it is not scientific, it is just how it seems to me.