Recycle your batteries!! - Page 3

footclanskates · 08/09/2005, 02:46 PM

That is jut unbelievable.

Mr.Maska · 10/14/2005, 04:39 PM

we'll i went to the link and seen the batteries... which is awefull sad....
id hate to vent and slip off the subject but man uses millions of years theory, and if u start with a falible theory you'll end with falible science. hope they get whoever put those batteries there!!

battplus · 12/28/2005, 11:50 PM

Great response since my first post of this topic! I now am starting work in the local law enforcement, just moved from Michigan to Nevada in August and I have to say the response with my previous job at Batteries Plus was excellent. I am still active in saving the reefs a little at a time, and also now saving lives too! Thank you to everyone and especially reef central for keeping this post alive at the top!

Mike

tkeracer619 · 01/11/2006, 03:50 PM

I have wanted to say somthin about recycling batteries. I was cleaning this tank last night i got along with my 150 and along with a few legos in the gravel was a crusty AA Duracell. No wonder they got rid of the fishtanks. I bet there kids dumped all kinds of crap in there and killed everything. LOL of all things. Fits directly to the topic in our world. Watch your kids and what they throw in there when your not looking.

NanoCube-boy · 01/11/2006, 11:13 PM

Best buy carrried bins now for recycle batteries.

Pilot Fish · 03/14/2006, 03:59 PM

Its not just batteries. EVERY item that you buy has packaging that ends up being disposed of into the environment. I know that we need the packaging to protect the goods that we buy but we need to start being extra detemined to recycle these reusable goods. THE WELFARE OF THE ENVIONMENT AS WELL AS OUR HOBBY ARE AT STAKE.

I personally started by bringing my own bucket or cooler to the LFS when I buy an animal. No need to waste a bag that doesn't hold the water temperature well anyway. AND give your LFS a hard time about recycling the cardboard and styrofoam that they receive their shipments in.

edrock200 · 04/03/2006, 03:15 PM

maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any pic.

DensityMan · 04/03/2006, 03:51 PM

Three years ago there was a picture.

The internet changes...

The picture showed a massive undersea dumping area for batteries.

edrock200 · 04/03/2006, 05:16 PM

hehe I didn't even look at the original post date. Anyone have a snapshot of the original pic?

NanoCube-boy · 04/04/2006, 01:34 AM

I heard throwing batteries away without proper recycling is illegal now in California.

tkeracer619 · 05/16/2006, 11:38 AM

I second that can we get the picture back. Someone must have it or know were to find it.

NanoCube-boy · 05/16/2006, 12:34 PM

I'm trying to convince a few people in the family to throw batteries properly, but they refuse to do. I can only tell them, but can't force them. Does anyone know where i can get some pictures of batteries damaging our reef? Maybe that can change their mind.

birdfish · 06/07/2006, 03:59 PM

I would like to correct some mis-information posted in this thread.

It was said by Vincerama2:
Plastic. A mess that will stay around forever but biologically inert.

To which I must respond:
Yes plastic can be called "inert".

It however can NOT be called biologically inert. Audubon Magazineand other journals have in the last few years published material regarding plastic plankton. Unfortunatley due to a recent move I cannot provide citations as that material is still boxed, but I would think maybe googling Plastic and plankton something should come up.

There is scientific research ongoing about the problem.
What happens is the platic breaks down to a certain point at
which it essetnially becomes plankton. Animals that feed on
plankton (from whales to birds to krill) are starving to death in certains areas in the middle of the Pacific where due to constant illegal dumping and currents it is concentrated to a point plankton feeders respond (eat it) to the mass of colors. The photos I saw
were astounding. Beautiful, but deadly.

In some areas the plankton being fed on was up to 90% PLASTIC!
A ton of plankton was only 10% edible digestable food. A ton of
plankton in a tow (net) was 200 lbs. organic matter, and 1800 lbs. of plastic. Wonder why stuff was starving? I can hardly call that biologically inert.

birdfish

Vincerama2 · 06/07/2006, 04:41 PM

Wow, I never imagined that! I thought plastic and rock would basically just grind down into sand. That's brutal, but it makes sense.

V

NanoCube-boy · 06/07/2006, 06:36 PM

Plastic is dangerous for the Sea... The only way to brake them down is to melt them and that's it. It form back to solid... Plastic are only good for reuse.

wds21921 · 07/16/2006, 09:29 AM

That's the same as teflon too. When I worked for W. L. Gore and Assoc. Inc. they had the U of D (University of Delaware) do a composite breakdown study.
What they found was bothersome to say the least.

Teflon reverts back to a powder form over time and then continues to leech and absorb potassium out of the ground. This much needed potassium by plants and animals basically continues to disapear over time. Even when irradiated the results where the same.

Like plastic, the elements revert back to there original form (powder) but that seems to be where the process stops

.

NanoCube-boy · 07/16/2006, 11:49 AM

Hey, does anyone know where i can get pictures of the Reef was damage by batteries? I been trying to look for photos for a long while.

marcsmith73 · 08/13/2006, 06:09 PM

Good stuff

NanoCube-boy · 08/14/2006, 12:43 PM

I guess no one has any pics... or know it.. Thanks anyway.

xtm · 10/22/2006, 10:02 AM

Reef destruction is somewhat hard to reverse once the damage is done.. it takes a second to destroy reefs but years to regrow it.

The human race is an unappreciative bunch. We are given this beautiful habitat and we destroy it...

xtm · 10/22/2006, 10:21 AM

NanoCube-boy · 10/22/2006, 10:51 AM

Thanks for the photos, I'm planning to show my family members why it's so important to recycle batteries. They don't seem to understand me right now and I'm going to show them these pictures.

I can't understand why they do that. It's like throwing batteries and leave inside your home. Sometimes I think people are stupid to destroy such nature that god created for us. So stupidity, I can't image why they do such horrible act like this.

ambrose · 04/29/2007, 08:17 AM

Aye, it's pretty much over for us, ain't it?

sohchx · 08/05/2007, 08:28 AM

I take mine to radio shack recycling FTW!!

NanoCube-boy · 08/05/2007, 01:08 PM

I heard those guys only accept certain amount, and kinds of batteries.

10/14/2005, 04:39 PM	#52
Mr.Maska Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield,Mass Posts: 317	we'll i went to the link and seen the batteries... which is awefull sad.... id hate to vent and slip off the subject but man uses millions of years theory, and if u start with a falible theory you'll end with falible science. hope they get whoever put those batteries there!! __________________ Look at the beautiful creatures in your tanks in amazement, now look to the sovereign God who created them. Current Tank Info: 210 gallon 72x25x30, hamilton belize sun fixture 3x400 watt mh, 2 t5's 80watts.reefbrite all blue48" supplement light, octo extreme250 skimmer, 80 gal sump/40gal refug 40 gal bow front hospital tank

12/28/2005, 11:50 PM	#53
battplus Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 544	Great!! Great response since my first post of this topic! I now am starting work in the local law enforcement, just moved from Michigan to Nevada in August and I have to say the response with my previous job at Batteries Plus was excellent. I am still active in saving the reefs a little at a time, and also now saving lives too! Thank you to everyone and especially reef central for keeping this post alive at the top! Mike

01/11/2006, 03:50 PM	#54
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	I have wanted to say somthin about recycling batteries. I was cleaning this tank last night i got along with my 150 and along with a few legos in the gravel was a crusty AA Duracell. No wonder they got rid of the fishtanks. I bet there kids dumped all kinds of crap in there and killed everything. LOL of all things. Fits directly to the topic in our world. Watch your kids and what they throw in there when your not looking. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

04/03/2006, 03:15 PM	#57
edrock200 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 88	maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any pic. __________________ 72g SW + 20g Sump, 2x150 HQI, 2x130 PC Actinic, Calc Reactor, RO/DI, Wet/Dry, 11w UV 75g FW Planted, 4x65 PC, Auto Pressurized CO2, Eheim 2217 + Fluval 404 and Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, 18w UV

04/03/2006, 03:51 PM	#58
DensityMan Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,689	Three years ago there was a picture. The internet changes... The picture showed a massive undersea dumping area for batteries. __________________ aka - Chevy, Scott, DM, etc... Zoanthid collector, Monitpoa sp. afficianado, Yuma snob and fan of the Mantis family. Former roommate of Tim the Supermantis; may he hunt in peace. (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=266915) Current Tank Info: building...

08/09/2005, 02:46 PM	#51
footclanskates Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 5	That is jut unbelievable.

01/11/2006, 11:13 PM	#55
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	Best buy carrried bins now for recycle batteries.

03/14/2006, 03:59 PM	#56
Pilot Fish Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: JERSEY Posts: 191	Its not just batteries. EVERY item that you buy has packaging that ends up being disposed of into the environment. I know that we need the packaging to protect the goods that we buy but we need to start being extra detemined to recycle these reusable goods. THE WELFARE OF THE ENVIONMENT AS WELL AS OUR HOBBY ARE AT STAKE. I personally started by bringing my own bucket or cooler to the LFS when I buy an animal. No need to waste a bag that doesn't hold the water temperature well anyway. AND give your LFS a hard time about recycling the cardboard and styrofoam that they receive their shipments in.

04/03/2006, 05:16 PM	#59
edrock200 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 88	hehe I didn't even look at the original post date. Anyone have a snapshot of the original pic? __________________ 72g SW + 20g Sump, 2x150 HQI, 2x130 PC Actinic, Calc Reactor, RO/DI, Wet/Dry, 11w UV 75g FW Planted, 4x65 PC, Auto Pressurized CO2, Eheim 2217 + Fluval 404 and Aquamedic 1000 CO2 Reactor, 18w UV

04/04/2006, 01:34 AM	#60
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	I heard throwing batteries away without proper recycling is illegal now in California.

05/16/2006, 11:38 AM	#61
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	I second that can we get the picture back. Someone must have it or know were to find it. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

05/16/2006, 12:34 PM	#62
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	I'm trying to convince a few people in the family to throw batteries properly, but they refuse to do. I can only tell them, but can't force them. Does anyone know where i can get some pictures of batteries damaging our reef? Maybe that can change their mind.

06/07/2006, 03:59 PM	#63
birdfish Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Utopia TX Posts: 50	I would like to correct some mis-information posted in this thread. It was said by Vincerama2: Plastic. A mess that will stay around forever but biologically inert. To which I must respond: Yes plastic can be called "inert". It however can NOT be called biologically inert. Audubon Magazineand other journals have in the last few years published material regarding plastic plankton. Unfortunatley due to a recent move I cannot provide citations as that material is still boxed, but I would think maybe googling Plastic and plankton something should come up. There is scientific research ongoing about the problem. What happens is the platic breaks down to a certain point at which it essetnially becomes plankton. Animals that feed on plankton (from whales to birds to krill) are starving to death in certains areas in the middle of the Pacific where due to constant illegal dumping and currents it is concentrated to a point plankton feeders respond (eat it) to the mass of colors. The photos I saw were astounding. Beautiful, but deadly. In some areas the plankton being fed on was up to 90% PLASTIC! A ton of plankton was only 10% edible digestable food. A ton of plankton in a tow (net) was 200 lbs. organic matter, and 1800 lbs. of plastic. Wonder why stuff was starving? I can hardly call that biologically inert. birdfish

06/07/2006, 04:41 PM	#64
Vincerama2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 4,684	Wow, I never imagined that! I thought plastic and rock would basically just grind down into sand. That's brutal, but it makes sense. V __________________ Quality friendship ... at rock bottom prices! Current Tank Info: 10g nano reef, 58 Oceanic, 37 FW, toilet

06/07/2006, 06:36 PM	#65
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	Plastic is dangerous for the Sea... The only way to brake them down is to melt them and that's it. It form back to solid... Plastic are only good for reuse.

07/16/2006, 09:29 AM	#66
wds21921 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Elkton, MD Posts: 1,442	That's the same as teflon too. When I worked for W. L. Gore and Assoc. Inc. they had the U of D (University of Delaware) do a composite breakdown study. What they found was bothersome to say the least. Teflon reverts back to a powder form over time and then continues to leech and absorb potassium out of the ground. This much needed potassium by plants and animals basically continues to disapear over time. Even when irradiated the results where the same. Like plastic, the elements revert back to there original form (powder) but that seems to be where the process stops .

07/16/2006, 11:49 AM	#67
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	Hey, does anyone know where i can get pictures of the Reef was damage by batteries? I been trying to look for photos for a long while.

08/13/2006, 06:09 PM	#68
marcsmith73 Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: EPPING, NH USA Posts: 155	Good Good stuff

08/14/2006, 12:43 PM	#69
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	I guess no one has any pics... or know it.. Thanks anyway.

10/22/2006, 10:02 AM	#70
xtm Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Panorama City, CA Posts: 4,703	Reef destruction is somewhat hard to reverse once the damage is done.. it takes a second to destroy reefs but years to regrow it. The human race is an unappreciative bunch. We are given this beautiful habitat and we destroy it... __________________ Function before fashion Current Tank Info: 120g SPS Tank (48x24x24)

10/22/2006, 10:21 AM	#71
xtm Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Panorama City, CA Posts: 4,703	__________________ Function before fashion Current Tank Info: 120g SPS Tank (48x24x24)

10/22/2006, 10:51 AM	#72
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	Thanks for the photos, I'm planning to show my family members why it's so important to recycle batteries. They don't seem to understand me right now and I'm going to show them these pictures. I can't understand why they do that. It's like throwing batteries and leave inside your home. Sometimes I think people are stupid to destroy such nature that god created for us. So stupidity, I can't image why they do such horrible act like this.

04/29/2007, 08:17 AM	#73
ambrose Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Boston Posts: 10	Aye, it's pretty much over for us, ain't it?

08/05/2007, 08:28 AM	#74
sohchx Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	I take mine to radio shack recycling FTW!!

08/05/2007, 01:08 PM	#75
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	I heard those guys only accept certain amount, and kinds of batteries.