What began nine years ago as a simple plan for a DIY project laid out on an Internet forum is now being hailed as a monumental achievement, both from a sustainable energy standpoint and from the perspective of battery recycling. A man known only as Glubux spent years collecting laptop batteries and connecting them to solar panels to become completely self-reliant in terms of electricity. Over time, he amassed more than 1,000 secondhand laptop batteries that he ended up installing in a shed about 160 feet from his house. The ingenious setup has been running continuously for the last eight years, and not a single battery cell has failed since. It’s extremely efficient and a great example of how to limit electronic waste.
