@Danceman:
I do the same--when we replace the batteries in our wireless mics at work, which we do whether they need them or not before we do a webcast or the CEO speaks to the huddled masses, I take the castoffs home for use in my cordless mouse and other equipment. They are not fit to go in other equipment at work, but it's wasteful and silly to recycle them when they have usable life left.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
