• November 23rd, 2010

    Duke Energy And ITOCHU Testing New Uses For Old Electric Vehicle Batteries

    Duke Energy and ITOCHU Corp. announced a partnership today through which they will evaluate and test new uses for old electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Once they are too spent for life on-the-road, EV batteries could store power and deliver a charge elsewhere, the companies reason.

    EV batteries falling below 80 percent of their original capacity when fully charged will be candidates for… → Read More

    December 15th, 2008

    Plan now for dealing with holiday e-waste

    Chances are you’ll be replacing some tried-and-true piece of personal electronics with a newer, faster, better model. Whether it’s replacing an MP3 player with a new one, or replacing an old computer or laptop, what do you do with the old stuff? Hopefully you don’t just throw it away, especially if it still works! → Read More