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A rechargeable battery, also known as a storage battery, is a battery that can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy. Rechargeable batteries eliminate the need for endless batteries and keep dead conventional batteries out of land fills.

Reclaimed Wood

Reclaimed lumber is used wood that has been taken for re-use, often from long-standing idle buildings, and its sometimes refinished for new purposes. Most reclaimed lumber comes from timbers and decking rescued from old barns, factories and warehouses and some companies have been known to source wood from less traditional structures such as boxcars, coal mines, and wine barrels.

Recycled

Recycling is the reprocessing of old materials into new products, with the aims of preventing the waste of potentially useful materials, reducing the consumption of fresh raw materials, reducing energy usage, reducing air (from incineration) and water (from landfilling) pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lowering greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production.

Remanufactured

Remanufacturing is the process of reconditioning products to sound working condition. As an example, Remanufacturing one toner cartridge keeps an average of two and a half kilograms of plastic out of landfills. Also since up to 80% less energy is required to remanufacture cartridges (versus creating new ones) overall green house gas emissions are significantly reduced as well.

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