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Battery recycling is a recycling activity that aims to reduce the number of batteries being disposed as municipal solid waste.Batteries contain a number of heavy metals and toxic chemicals and disposing of them by the same process as regular household waste has raised concerns over soil contamination and water pollution. [1]
EU member countries are committed to recycling 50% of alkaline batteries by 2016. The need for recycling thus amounts to 125 000 tons per year. The share of alkaline batteries is approximately 80% of the whole. [citation needed] In the US, only one state, California, requires all alkaline batteries to be recycled.
Lead-acid batteries are used in automobiles, golf carts, fork-lifts, electric cars and motorcycles. They are recycled by grinding them open, neutralizing the sulfuric acid, and separating the polymers from the lead and copper. In the US, 97 percent of the lead from car batteries is recycled - which is the highest recycling rate for any commodity.
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Now, she has organized two battery recycling drives. The first is 12-2 p.m., Monday, Dec 18, at 11347 SW 160th St., Miami, and is being held in collaboration with Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida ...
In April 2013, Exide closed its battery-recycling plant in Vernon, California (Los Angeles County). [35] In June 2013, Exide again filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the aim of cutting debt and implementing a restructuring plan (Exide Technologies, Case No. 13-11482, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware).
Ascend's Georgia plant alone has the capacity to recycle 30,000 tons of battery material and scrap each year. That's the equivalent of enough batteries to power 70,000 electric vehicles.
For example, in the U.S., the state of California considers all batteries as hazardous waste when discarded, and has banned the disposal of batteries with other domestic waste. [15] In Europe, battery disposal is controlled by the WEEE Directive and Battery Directive regulations, and as such zinc–carbon batteries must not be thrown out with ...