Climate & Nature...

Typical laptop batteries aren't the greenest gizmos in the game. They don't last all that long, they burn through their charges pretty quickly, and they aren't all that easy to recycle. But HP and Boston Power are helping to change that.

HP is now selling a new line of environmentally friendly batteries for its notebook computers. The HP Enviro series is manufactured by Boston Power, and fits 18 of HP's different laptops.

The batteries are certified by Ecolabel, and can be recharged up to 1,000 times, or about as many times necessary for the battery to last three years. (Most laptop batteries are only good for around one year or a few hundred charges.)

The Enviro series is a bit pricey -- $149 -- but if you look at it, that's just $20 or $30 more than a battery that will last a third as long. Sounds like a no-brainer to me.