Newer Technology Battery Recycle Program

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for purchasing a Newer Technology NuPower High Capacity Replacement Battery for your Apple notebook. Besides adding the highest performing battery power to your computer, you also perhaps unknowingly made a decision to help promote a cleaner environment.

In August 2006, we began including a paid return shipping label with every NuPower notebook battery so the old battery could be sent to us for proper recycling and disposal.

Free of lead, mercury, cadmium, PBBs, PBDE
In March 2007, we completed the conversion of the NuPower battery line to be fully RoHS certified. That means the battery you purchased is lead, mercury, and cadmium free, as well as manufactured without the use of dangerous and harmful chemicals such as PBBs and PBDE.

For a Far Smaller Impact... think local!
To continue our commitment to environmental stewardship, we have researched all the resources used and emissions generated to send us back your old battery and have concluded that having disposal take place in your local region has a far smaller impact on the environment than sending it across country using commercial carriers.

Find local recycling sources easy with these sites:

(Get details on where you can locally take your battery and other recyclable items!)

In the event you cannot find a suitable local recycling location for your old battery, please fill out your name, e-mail address, invoice number, and NuPower battery serial number. Once we have verified your information, we'll email you a paid return shipping label for use within the Continental 48 United States to ship us your old used battery to ensure proper recycling and disposal.

First and Last Name:	e-mail address:
*Invoice # of NuPower* battery purchase:**	*Serial # of NuPower* battery (where is this?):**
Zip/Postal Code:

Even if you haven't purchased a NuPower laptop replacement battery, you may still send in your old laptop (and even iPod) battery and NewerTech will make sure it receives proper recycling and disposal. Simply address your postage paid packages to:

NewerTech Battery Recycling Program
2650 Bridge Lane
Woodstock, IL 60098

As the premier provider of high capacity replacement batteries for PowerBooks, iBooks, and iPods, NewerTech is committed to helping make sure that every used laptop battery and batteries for iPods are properly recycled.

Elements from Li-Ion batteries can be recycled for use in multiple industries and proper disposal of other components prevents contamination to the environment.

In addition to our commitment to helping you properly recycle your used laptop and iPod batteries, NewerTech is dedicated to proactively protecting the environment. Every NuPower laptop battery and batteries for iPod in production today is manufactured Mercury-free.

Further, NewerTech's Intelligent Battery Charger/Conditioners extend the useful life of Apple, NewerTech, or third party laptop batteries, reducing the number of batteries consumers need to discard in the first place.

Our battery recycling program is two fold:

The first phase
Whenever possible, we pursue any possibilities of refurbishing batteries and giving them a new life.

The second phase
The second phase is what happens to the actual battery components. For the batteries we receive that are at the end of their useful life, we send them to a battery-handling specialty company that ensures the various cells and components are separated, so that the li-ion cells are properly disposed of and all recoverable materials are recycled.

What is recovered varies by battery – but typically, the PCB, plastic housing, and metal casings are recouped scrap from the process.

The most important aspect of our program is that it prevents these batteries from ending up in landfills – where the toxic chemicals, mainly Lithium Ion – would otherwise eventually escape from the cells where they can then cause environmental harm. Older batteries may also contain mercury, which is even more damaging even in small quantities.