We can express our mālama ka ʻāina, caring for our land, by responsibly disposing of things we can no longer use. The lead acid battery in our cars typically expires in 3 - 5 years. From 2015 - 2019, an average of 202,013 vehicles were registered each year in Hawai`i County. If owners replaced their car battery every four years, that would mean over 50,500 batteries on average discarded every year. That's a lot of batteries! In the first half of 2023, Mr. K's collected 78 tons of lead acid batteries (about 3,900 units) from Big Island residents for responsible recycling. Why is this important? Three reasons:
To learn more: "Motor vehicle registrations, by county, 1995 - 2019," Section 18.07, 2020 State of Hawaii Data Book, Section 18 - Transportation. "Study claims lead batteries are most recycled consumer product in US," by Chris Voloschuk, RecyclingToday.com. "All the metals we mined in 2021: Visualized," by Govind Bhutada, VisualCapitalist.com.
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