chiqtech.com looks at Eneloop, a rechargeable battery brand from Sanyo and how it can help you help the environment from your own home.

There’s nearly about 3 billion disposable batteries sold in the US alone and 179,000 tons of that end up in trash dumps and landfills across the country. Battery manufacture uses hazardous chemicals like acids and heavy metals. A lot of environmental risks just to make and use a tiny product.

That’s where ENELOOP from Sanyo comes in.

ENELOOP is a battery brand that’s ready for immediate use and a low self-discharge like any disposable battery but it’s also like a rechargeable battery, designed for universal application, repeated use, made of materials can be easily recycled all wrapped up in a environmentally-safe package. Read the rest of this article here »