It seems a week doesn't go by but I hear a plaintive cry from my 2 gamers (20 & 11) that "My remote needs batteries".
Everything, it seems needs batteries.
Light sabre, Xbox and PS4 remote; TV & set-top box; flashlight (so the 11 yo can read after bed time);
And on it goes.
Naturally I need them for my LED flashlights (work), head type miner's lamp, computer mouses, etc.
It adds up to big money for a "retiree".
Over the last week or so, I got my trusty VOM, and started testing all the old batteries we discard - yes, I've been keeping them until I had time to do this.
Nearly half the batteries I tested checked out at 1.5V or better. Anything lower than 1.3V got put into a container for the recycling centre - the rest got put back to the "stores" drawer.
I hate throwing money away, and, I hate the environmental burden of discarding still-good materials.