The next time you go shopping at Safeway, there very well could be a Coinstar-like kiosk that lets you buy and swap rechargeable batteries. Portland-based Bettery today announced a partnership with ...

PORTLAND, OR and SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Nov 12, 2013) - BETTERY Inc., the company reinventing the household battery market, today announced that it has teamed up with Safeway to give consumers a ...

Charlie Kawasaki envisions a future where people won't buy a brand new pack of batteries every time they run out or need charging. In fact, he's banking on it. Taking a cue from Kawasaki founded , ...

Charlie Kawasaki, CEO of Bettery. Every year, 2.5 billion batteries are thrown away in the U.S. and a Portland-based company may have a better solution to both help the environment and allow for ...

A rendering of a Bettery kiosk, which will accept dead batteries of all varieties, recycling the single-use batteries and recharging the chargeable ones. It will also dispense fully charged Bettery ...

Portland-based Bettery opened rechargeable battery kiosks in five Safeway stores in the Seattle area and Portland. Bettery’s Swap Stations allow for easier exchanges and purchases of rechargeable AA ...