Terrible Home & Life Habits That Are Harming The Wildlife Around You

22.Improper Disposal Of Batteries And Ink

Your ink cartridges and batteries are doing more harm to the environment than good. Even though batteries are a convenient way of charging up your electronics, they’re not biodegradable at all. When depleted batteries are thrown in the trash, they eventually end up in landfills, where they decay and leak. The chemicals soak into the soil and contaminate the groundwater and surface water.

For starters, avoiding buying anything with batteries and ink in it is one way to help the environment. Other than that, disposing of them properly is your next best way to help the wildlife. Millions of batteries are tossed into the trash every single year. According to Water Atlas, “When depleted batteries are tossed into the trash, they end up in landfills where they decay and leak. As batteries corrode, their chemicals soak into the soil and contaminate groundwater and surface water. Our ecosystems, which contain thousands of aquatic plants and animals, are compromised when filled with battery chemicals. This means that when we drink from tap water faucets, we could be ingesting dangerous metals.” So not only is tossing your batteries and ink into the trash bad for wildlife and aquatic life, but it’s bad for humans, too (Water Atlas).