Greener batteries cooperation between industry and the EPA

Author

Telzrow, Terry N.

Author_Institution

Eveready Battery Co. Inc., Westlake, OH, USA

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

36

Abstract

Cooperation between the Eveready Battery Company and the Environmental Protection Agency has already led to significant improvements for the environment. Eveready Battery Company, Inc. and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have for many years worked successfully in partnership for the benefit of the environment. This article examines an example of successful cooperation and partnership between Eveready and the EPA. In the early 1980´s, the environmental community began to focus its attention on the mercury in household batteries. Studies had been performed in the US, Japan and the United Kingdom regarding the potential environmental harm resulting from the disposal of household batteries containing mercury

Keywords

environmental factors; pollution; primary cells; protection; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; Eveready Battery Company; Japan; US; United Kingdom; environmental community; environmental stress; household batteries; potential environmental harm; Battery management systems; Engineering management; IEC standards; Lead; Manufacturing; Protection; Quality control; Quality management; Stress; Zinc;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.373996

Filename

373996