Saving materials with universal batteries

At the weekend I went to assemble a new picnic bench for the garden and found that my drill has bitten the dust. The battery no longer holds a charge, and I borrowed a drill from my neighbour to finish the job. I noticed that his drill is part of the Power for All Alliance, which you may have come across if you have been shopping for power tools recently.

Led by German multinational Bosch, the Power for All Alliance is a design standard shared by several tool makers, who have agreed to use t...