Comment by efreak

I work at a grocery store that used to sell batteries. They stopped. If I had to guess, I'd say the number of batteries that were thrown away due to being past the date on them had a lot to do with it. Nobody ever bought them. Everything important is rechargeable these days, with the possible exception of remote controls (which shouldn't need replacement batteries at all: remember solar-powered calculators? Put that on a remote and just leave it face up to recharge when not in use)