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Hearing Aid Batteries - Now Mercury Free!
22/02/2010 by John Lloyd.
There are two issues here. 1. Raising awareness to the new mercury free batteries now being supplied by Rayovac, and 2. Ethical disposal of your hearing aid batteries.
Most batteries have until now contained some level of mercury within them, which means that careless disposal of these batteries will eventually lead to the mercury being leaked into the soil. This mercury then gets into our water and food chain and is ingested by us all! Mercury is a highly toxic substance which damages the brain, kidneys and lungs. Symptoms ironically can include hearing impairment; so a viscous cycle for those who have a hearing loss and who don’t consider the implications of where they discard their batteries!
Rayovac now supply mercury free hearing aid batteries which after considerable development are now providing equivalent lifespan of the mercury batteries. It is in the interest of us ALL to use products that DON’T contain mercury, but as with everything these new batteries are slightly more expensive due to the development costs involved.
At Crystal Hearing we already offer a price on our batteries that is barely profitable so we cannot bear this additional cost.
We can supply ‘Rayovac Mercury Free Extra Advanced’ batteries in all sizes for a discount price of £18 per 60 cells
(Click here for the Rayovac website)
There is a new European Batteries Directive being implemented from the 1st February that requires the UK to recycle 25% of portable batteries by 2012. So please help us to do our bit and either dispose of your batteries at your local tip (or any other appropriate recycling point) or if you cannot do this then please save them in a pot/bag and give them to your dispenser so he/she can dispose of them accordingly.
Click here for the our other Hearing Aid Batteries web page.
We now supply ‘mercury free’ Rayovac Hearing Aid Batteries for only £1.80 / pack
(This price is for Blog subscribers - normal price is £2 / pack)
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