Price: On average energizer AA batteries cost $25 for a pack of 24 batteries, (24/25) that is $0.96 per battery
Origin
Manufacturing: 1 Headquarters along with 6 of the manufacturing facilities are found in St. Louis, USA. 2 other manufacturing facilities are located in china, then 1 in singapore and 1 in indonesia.
North America's batteries are produced in the U.S.A
Lifetime: Shelf life is roughly 10 years. In daily life, the batteries can support a typical analog clock for around 2 years or a flashlight for roughly 2 hours. The life of the battery depends on how often it is used and the amount of power the item is using.
Made in
Asia’s batteries originate fromChina, Singapore and Indonesia
Internationally (Europe, Oceania, South America) The batteries are also made in China or Singapore.
Waste
The City of Mississauga states that alkaline batteries “-Tape the ends of all rechargeable and 9V batteries before disposal. -On your battery pickup day, put single-use and rechargeable batteries in a clear resealable bag. -Place the bag on top of your closed green bin. -If you don’t have a green bin, place your bag of batteries beside your recycling bags. -You can also put the rechargeable batteries individually into bags and those into the bag of batteries to be placed at the curb.” The batteries are then properly taken care and disposed/recycled of and excess pieces are land filled.