How to recycle your cell phone battery

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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is accepting used cell phones to donate to Cell Phones for Soldiers. The organization sells the phones to a recycling company to buy pre-paid phone calling cards that are given to U.S. military personnel who are deployed outside the country.

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How to recycle your cell phone battery
The increasingly prevalent rechargeable batteries that power cell phones and other electronics aren’t supposed to go in the waste basket; they need to be recycled, according to Call2Recycle, a free battery collection program sponsored by manufacturers.

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HHO Cell Cars – Imagine Feeling Calm When Everyone Else’s Panics When the Gas Prices Rise!

The world has been hearing about the HHO cell car for quite some time now and everyone wants to see it on the roads soon. But the fact is that these cars are already on the streets in many countries in the world like USA. Hydrogen cars have recently been launched by the leading car manufacturers BMW and General Motors. In fact thirteen such cars by General Motors can be spotted in Washington, which also includes six minivans.

Few car manufacturers like Toyota, Nissan, Daimler Chrysler and Honda have designed special hydrogen powered vehicles to be used in the Army. BMW has come up with its own series whereas Ford’s HHO car, “Focus” is still in the manufacturing stage.

You don’t need to worry about gas mileage once you own one of these cars. They help in cutting down on the fuel cost as hydrogen is cheap and affordable. However there is no need to panic if you can’t afford these cars, you can still get your car converted with the help of hydrogen fuel kits. The kit is reasonably priced and it is definitely a good investment considering its long term advantages.

General Motors is planning to launch few alternative hydrogen cars by 2010. These alternative cars are priced like other internal combustion cars but use hydrogen as fuel. There is severe shortage of hydrogen stations all over the world and for this Shell and General Motors have joined hands. Shell has been actively involved in setting up hydrogen fuel stations to meet the demand. The projection is that for every 200,000 cars, the world will need approximately 300 hydrogen stations.

You can notice a few hydrogen buses running in European cities like Amsterdam, Porto, Madrid, Stockholm, Stuttgart and London. They were launched in 2004 by Daimler Chrysler. Such hho cell-powered vehicles are expected to take over the automobile industry in the coming years!

Recycle Your Cell Phone (Moex #6)

This challenge tasked us to create a PSA for cell phone recycling, the second best kind of recycling. Wooooooooo! samsung.com

Fuel Cell Vehicles – Zero Emission Vehicles of the Future

Zero emission vehicles are the future. One that we haven’t seen much of is the fuel cell powered vehicle. Fuel cells have been used on space crafts for many years. A vehicle that is considered zero emissions is one where the fuel cell is fueled by Hydrogen, and it has to be 100% hydrogen.

Fuel cell vehicles turn hydrogen fuel and oxygen into electricity. Cars with an electric motor can then be powered by using this electricity. This can be compared to traditional vehicles where the electricity from batteries power the motor in an electric vehicle. The combination of oxygen and hydrogen produces energy and water. In fuel cells, this can be accomplished without using any burning or combustion.

These cars are considered zero emission vehicles because the exhaust from these cars  comes out as water vapor and steam. If the fuel cells didn’t get as hot as they do, water would just pour out of the exhaust pipe. But fuel cells get VERY hot, so it comes out as water vapor or steam. We have known of this technology for a long time though. Think of it like a space shuttle. Space shuttles are fueled with liquid oxygen and also liquid hydrogen. Then they are mixed together and ignited to cause a ridiculously hot fire which then propels the spacecraft into their air because of the expanding gases. This is what causes them to fly.

We know of a number of ways that can provide hydrogen to a fuel cell. One way is to simply put hydrogen gas and also air into the fuel cell itself. In order to carry hydrogen gas like this, it needs to be compressed. This is usually to about 3000 lbs per square inch. In order to do this, special containers need to be used.

Another way of providing hydrogen gas is to hold it on the car in the form of a liquid. In order to create hydrogen it needs to be made cold and also compressed. Hydrogen in liquid form is VERY cold. It is around 423 degrees below zero. The containers that hold this freezing cold liquid need to be well insulated and kept very safe. By warming up the liquid, or even lowering the pressure, you can release the gas into a fuel cell which will be able to power the vehicle that it is in.

Another very popular method of getting hydrogen to a fuel cell is using a reformer. A reformer is a device that can take out the hydrogen from hydrocarbon fuels. These are methanol or gasoline. When something other than hydrogen is used, the fuel cell is no longer zero-emission but it still may have extremely low emissions.

It is common to hear people talking about how fuel cell vehicles could be the future. What people don’t know is how far away we are from making these reasonably priced. High class families would have trouble affording these vehicles.

006 HHO Dry Cell Install F350 7.3L Diesel 5.5mmw 3L/m

Number six in the series. This is the HHO installation in my Ford F350 Superduty 7.3 Liter Diesel.

Why It Is Important To Recycle Cell Phones?

Some of the most toxic products being tossed out as household trash are cell phones and electronic devices. This type of trash is called e-trash, and especially problematic are cell phones.

Cell phones contain a very high level of toxic substances that enter the environment when discarded cell phones are incinerated or when rainwater leaches these chemicals out of the landfills into our drinking water.

Cell phones are known to contain toxins such as antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc. These chemicals are listed by the EPA, as persistent toxins (persistent bioaccumulative toxins, PBTS), meaning they do not readily breakdown and remain in the environment for years. Of these metals, lead and cadmium accumulate in both plant and animal tissue, and have been known to be responsible for many disorders in humans.

The dangers of lead has been known for many years. It is thought to be a carcinogen and adversely affects the central nervous system, kidneys, immune system and has been associated with development disorders in children. Lead was banned from paint years ago, and manufacturers are now beginning to eliminate lead from electronic components. Every electronic device contains a circuit board and most often, lead is used to solder components on to these circuit boards.

Another especially toxic component of cell phones is brominated flame retardants. This chemical is added to plastics to reduce the risk of fire. Many components of the cell phone use this chemical. Scientific research has shown that some of these brominated flame retardants are also persistent bioaccumulative and toxic, but it is not know what long term effects this chemical has on humans and the environment.

Some of these flame retardants have been linked to cancer and disturbances in the immune and endocrine systems. When these products are incinerated, they give off highly toxic by- products. As with lead, many manufacturers are eliminating these chemicals from electronic products.

At the time when cell phones first became available to the average consumer, nickel-cadmium was used as a power source. Nickel-cadmium batteries, called Ni-Cds, were the battery of choice because they were rechargeable. The problem is that the metals used in these batteries are highly toxic. Cadmium is a PBT and a probable carcinogen. It has been linked to lung, liver and kidney damage, and has been found to be toxic to wildlife. As with the other toxic chemicals mentioned, cadmium is being eliminated from electronic products by many manufacturers.

The Lithium-ion and nickel-metal hydride rechargeable battery has typically replaced the Ni-Cds, but they contain their own supply of toxic chemicals.

The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation is a non-profit organization that recycles rechargeable batteries. The program, Call2Recycle, has collected millions of pounds of rechargeable batteries and kept them from the landfills. They are trying to educate people on how easy it is to recycle a rechargeable battery or cell phone in the United States and Canada. A Google search on Call2Recycle will direct you to a recycling center near you. It’s free. It’s convenient. It’s responsible. Unfortunately, few people know about this program, so most cell phones and electronics end up in landfills.

Recycling is not the end all to solve our environmental problems. The recycling program is heavily dependent on consumers. When the economy sags and consumers are not buying, the need for recycled materials sags along with the economy. This became painfully evident with the economic crisis that began in October 2009. Recycling plants across the nation were hit hard. The demand for recycled products needed to manufacture new products was severely curtailed. The price for recycled products in some cases dropped 90% taking away the profit from these recycling facilities.

Our only hope is to make an effort to reuse as many products as we can at home, and to aim for zero waste. If recycling is no longer profitable for companies, we may see a future where we are charged for all the garbage we generate, and at a much higher rate than many of us pay now. Disposing highly toxic chemicals may be very expensive for the consumer.

Hydrogen Cell Vehicles – the Best Alternative

Are you frustrated with the struggle of going all the way to your gas station or a fuel bunk to refill your vehicle with fuel? Is your vehicle consuming so much fuel and disappointing you? Are you looking for a vehicle that could help to create and maintain a greener environment?

The answer for all these questions is been embedded and bundled in a single technology popularly called “hydrogen fuel cell technology”. Oil reserves are dwindling time to time there should be a real alternative for it to keep vehicles going and growing. Keeping this mind, the hydrogen cell technology has brought a versatile and pollution free technology to drive your vehicle. Hydrogen cell makes use of the hydrogen compound made into cells to power your car. Although it is believed that hydrogen is costly, a small amount of hydrogen can produce a lot of energy which compared to gasoline.

The most important benefit of using hydrogen cell vehicles is that you never hear a sound that gets produced when driving the vehicle. This helps a lot in reducing the noise pollution which irritates a lot. Imagine the whole world being very calm and smooth with the help of hydrogen cells. You would say WOW and feel happy with a perfect peace of mind. Another important benefit of using hydrogen powered vehicles is that, it reduces a lot of pollution or in other words it creates no pollution. With no residues formed, it has no chance to generate smoke that would largely affect the health and environment. The third important advantage is the ease of use. You just need to charge a hydrogen cell once in a month and you can use it continuously without the need to refill or re-energize often. This is certainly a very important advantage which reduces a lot of strength and stress in you. With this benefit you can sit back, relax and plan for any commitment without the need to rush for finding a gas station. There would be some compromise on the power produced in the vehicle. In gasoline powered vehicles, there is no compromise on power. If you are a race-bike/car freak, you would probably hate the hydrogen cell vehicle as it may never satisfy your speedster-spree dreams.

If you want a best vehicle that can deliver the output for the requirement of nominal power and worth for money, you can blindly choose a hydrogen cell vehicle. This is mainly because it will very well stick to your budgets and plans. As you need not rely on someone for your fuel, it’s solely an independent vehicle which needs no one other than you to operate and use. Go-drive your hydrogen cell vehicle if you have been thinking about one. End your research at this point and start planning about the models and colors of the hydrogen cell vehicle. Just like any other vehicle, hydrogen cell vehicle also comes with varied styles and colors. So, test-drive one for a feel and energize your fun!

Hydrogen Fuel Cell HHO – Car Enclosure Install Nissan Altima

Here is the enclosure being made to be permanently installed in my 1998 Nissan Altima 2.4Liter Engine Compartment. Took me a couple of hours to throw the parts together, just wanted to make sure everything was in tight so there was no room for vibration loosening things up. Please take note of the placement of the HHO-Cell, right above the exhaust header. That is why if you also notice, we installed a galvanized heat shield right below the enclosure. Just to make sure this doesn’t become an issue when we try to calibrate our heat inside the hydrogen cell. Regards, and Thanks for viewing my video.. –sirHOAX

Green Fundraising Ideas – Recycle Cell Phones for Ca$h

www.phoneraiser.com The Phoneraiser Basics – The first video in the Phoneraiser Video Series. We’ve take the hassle out of cell phone recycling and fundraising! From time to time, organizations such as schools, churches, and non-profit groups need to raise money. Phoneraiser offers all of these organizations and individuals a fast, easy, and environmentally friendly way to get cash by collecting used cell phones, iPods, digital cameras, video game handhelds, and inkjet cartridges from people in the community. The best part is you can use Phoneraiser as many times as you want! To sign up with Phoneraiser, visit http Thank you for taking a few minutes to find out how Phone Raiser can help you or your organization raise funds buy recycling used cell phones and ink jet cartridges. So far over 30000 organizations have signed up with the Phone Raiser program and enjoyed free easy and environmentally friendly fundraising campaigns. Heres how it works. Your group collects used cell phones and ink jet cartridges. You send them to Phone Raiser who pays you cash for every phone and cartridge. It really is that simple. There are no fees to pay and there is nothing to sell. And getting a fundraising campaign started is just that easy too. Register at www.phoneraiser.com and download the Phone Raiser guide, collect the phones and cartridges. Send them to Phone Raiser and well send you a check within 10 business days. Again there is nothing to sell and nothing to buy. Phone Raiser …

Where can I find plans to make a hydrogen fuel cell for a car?

I know how it works and why, but I don’t know how to try and build one form scratch. If anyone knows how to make one or a link that can provide instructions, it would be greatly appreciated. I searched the net a lot and only found the sites that sell you an e-book or sell you the secret to converting your car into a hybrid. I just need to know how to build the cell.

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