Domestic batteries can be treated as common waste

The idea that "used batteries can not be discarded at will" is deeply rooted in people's hearts. When it comes to used batteries, many people think first and foremost that they should be collected and recycled.

However, the old batteries were saved, but they did not know where to send them. This made many citizens worry.

On the 1st, the reporter learned from the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau that domestic batteries have met the National low mercury or mercury-free technology requirements and can be discarded with daily household waste. However, batteries such as lead-acid batteries are very harmful to the environment and still need to be recovered and disposed of uniformly.

Some members of the public do not know what to do with used batteries

"I have a lot of old batteries in my home. I always thought that throwing batteries would pollute the environment, so they are stored. But I don't know where to send it, and there's no place to receive it. Who knows where to send the old batteries now? Citizen Liu said she had been embarrassed by her "good intentions" to collect used batteries from an environmental standpoint.

In the interview, the reporter learned that there are a lot of worried citizens like Ms. Liu. Many environmentally conscious citizens began to consciously collect used batteries to avoid heavy metal substances causing harm to the human body.

Household batteries do not require centralized recycling

What should be done with used batteries? According to a staff member of the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to current regulations, domestic batteries have met the National low mercury or mercury-free technical requirements and can be distributed with daily household waste.

On December 31, 1997, the China Light Industry Association, the State Environmental Protection Administration and other nine ministries and commissions jointly issued the "Regulations on Limiting the Mercury Content of Battery Products," requiring that the standard for low Mercury is that the Mercury content in batteries is less than 0.025 % of the battery weight. The non-mercury standard is below 0.0001 % of battery weight. As of 1 January 2002, it is prohibited to sell batteries higher than the standard Mercury standard on the domestic market and alkaline zinc manganese batteries higher than the standard mercury free from 1 January 2006.

On October 9, 2003, the "Technology Policy for the Prevention and Control of Waste Battery Pollution" issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration stated that at present, in the absence of effective recycling technology and economic conditions, centralized collection of used batteries that meet the National low mercury or non-mercury requirements is not encouraged. Lead acid batteries still need to be recovered

But not all batteries can be discarded at will. City environmental protection bureau staff said waste lead-acid batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries, button batteries, etc. still need to be recycled. Nickel-cadmium batteries and lead-acid batteries, which contain heavy metals cadmium and lead, need to be centrally recycled by units with hazardous waste operating licenses.

For waste lead-acid batteries produced by electric vehicles, the staff member emphasized that waste lead-acid batteries are hazardous wastes and must be strictly managed according to hazardous wastes. At present, there is no unit that can deal with waste lead-acid batteries. Therefore, dealers are required to recycle waste lead-acid batteries and then transfer them to manufacturers for disposal. The used batteries that are replaced in the 4S store of the car must also be recovered centrally from the 4S store and transferred to a special treatment factory for treatment.

It is understood that at present, our city Qingchuan Tianyun Metal Development Co. Ltd. is exploring the waste battery recycling and disposal pilot work, hope to recycle and use the used batteries useful substances, promote the use of waste batteries resources. "Regarding the management of used batteries, we will also continue to increase publicity and increase public awareness of the management of used batteries and the environmental hazards they cause. " said the city's Environmental Protection Bureau staff.

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Six common types of battery handling:

First, lithium batteries, used in mobile phone batteries, etc., heavy metal content can be ignored, can be put with domestic waste.

Alkaline batteries, such as household batteries No. 1, No. 5, No. 7, etc., have no mercury or low Mercury and can be delivered with household waste.

Third, nickel-metal hydride batteries are used for hybrid cars, children's toys, etc.. The content of heavy metals is negligible and can be put into daily waste.

Nickel-cadmium batteries are used for low-current cordless phones and electric toys. They contain a large amount of heavy metal cadmium and need to be recycled.

Lead acid batteries, electric vehicle batteries, etc., containing a large amount of heavy metal lead, need to be recycled.

Sixth, button batteries, used in electronic equipment, etc., allow the presence of a small amount of mercury and need to be recycled.

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