This is clickbait greenwashing imo, if you click-through the website, they still use Zinc and Magnesium for the chemistry/electrodes which isn't much different than lithium. They also claim these metals are natural as they're found in our food and bodies... well so is lithium to some extent.
xorbax 5 hours ago [-]
...did you expect an electrolyte-free battery entirely made of paper and nothing else?
Neywiny 21 hours ago [-]
Sadly we'll need to wait for independent studies. Too many companies claim bio degradability when they barely break down when buried for a long time. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUkMG2Io4w shows the greenwashing.
IAmBroom 15 hours ago [-]
By your theory, hot dogs aren't biodegradable.
Neywiny 10 hours ago [-]
According to this which links to a dead link, they've found a decades old hotdog in a landfill. So. Yes, I'm saying hot dogs aren't biodegradable.
I'd be interested to find out how biodegradable the non-paper parts are...
Has any thought been given to what happens if a kid swallows one of these batteries? I'm wondering if they're better or worse than swallowing a typical tiny cell battery.
readthenotes1 20 hours ago [-]
The first Better Battery Bulletin announcing production in many many years
eternityforest 3 hours ago [-]
Sodium ion showed up a year or two ago and you can buy them on Amazon as 12v lead acid replacements, 18650s are also available but the voltage range is different from normal lithium.
https://blogs.ubc.ca/waltergage/2013/11/19/547/
I'd be interested to find out how biodegradable the non-paper parts are...
Has any thought been given to what happens if a kid swallows one of these batteries? I'm wondering if they're better or worse than swallowing a typical tiny cell battery.