Earth Day is Friday, April 22 – we’re featuring a green tip of the day from April 1-22.

Tip #20: A key aspect to our lifecycle approach to sustainability takes into consideration the: design, raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, use, and final disposal of any given item.

When it comes to charging our gizmos and gadgets, that usually requires either hand-cranked power or handy little batteries. Until such time whereby these items can all be charged via the sun or wind, opt for rechargeable batteries rather than disposable. Today’s batteries are filled with heavy duty toxins – metals and carcinogens – that pollute our land and seep into our water-table, adversely affecting our food, water and entire ecosystem.

• find Radio Shack’s rechargeable batteries and power supplies
• rechargeable batteries @ bestbuy
• if you’re in the UK – USBCell rechargeable batteries

Related: our series of green tips of the day.

previously on altCon – rechargeable gadgets