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Energizer AA battery, most common so far during recycling initiative

Some interesting statistics have come to light during Hitches & Glitches battery recycling initiative. Through the scheme, which was originally launched to celebrate World Environment Day on 5 June, H&G has collected thousands of used batteries from its residential customers.

Representing 27% of all batteries collected for recycling, the Energizer AA battery was the most common - AA batteries are mostly found in long-life devices with ultra-low power consumption, such as clocks, thermostats and smoke detectors.

They were closely followed by the Energizer AAA battery which at 18% was the second most popular battery, which comes as no surprise as AAA batteries are mainly found in small electronic devices, such as TV remote controls, MP3 players and digital cameras.

Together, AA and AAA batteries represented 70% of all batteries collected. Other fun facts include:

48% of all batteries collected were Energizer, followed by Samsung (26%), Toshiba (9%) and Duracell (5%).

In terms of type and size, 46% of batteries were AA, 25% Samsung (mobile batteries), and 24% AAA.

In total 19 different brands of the battery have been collected, including household names such as, Eveready, Varta, Fujitsu and Sony.  

Kelvin Vargheese, Director of H&G said, “We provide our customers with branded containers, so that they can deposit small used batteries which are collected during our scheduled visits. 

“The batteries are then delivered to our partners in this programme Enviroserve, where the batteries are processed and diverted from landfill.

Batteries contain toxic chemicals such as cadmium, lead, lithium, even sulfuric acid. If batteries end up in a landfill, these pollutants can easily leak out into the environment and contaminate groundwater, damage fragile ecosystems, and even make their way into the food chain.