Society should evaluate which devices actually need to run on batteries. It makes me feel odd if i have to replace the batteries in a wall clock that is like half a meter next to a power socket. Wall clocks never get moved around...
Edit: I also agree that a clock is a rather bad example (obviously depends on your clock)
It's much weirder when Apple makes the same design decision for a mouse.
Do many people even use electric shavers wet? That just seems like a bad idea to me - you want the hairs to be as stiff as possible, and getting them wet does the opposite.
I know some of them are advertised that way, so I guess some people do it. But it just seems weird to me.
Blade based razors make sense to shave wet with - you're typically using some sort of foam to keep the hairs elevated. But I've never heard of anyone using shaving cream with an electric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets:_Br...
In theory, disposal could add $0.05 to the price of a battery, by making drive to the official Battery Fire, tossing it in, and driving back, all the way to making it cost $50000 whereby someone will drive to your house to get the battery, and then over the course of the next 6 months lovingly disassemble it to remove each component and chemical without producing any waste, or anything in between.
What do?