Recycling of waste batteries also needs to constantly improve laws and regulations

Compared with fuel vehicles, new energy vehicles do not have the harm of exhaust pollution, but if not handled well the new energy vehicles waste power battery, it may be also a huge environmental hazard. In order to effectively control the recycling and disposal of used power batteries of new energy vehicles, the relevant departments have jointly issued the interim measures for the management of the recycling and utilization of new energy vehicle power batteries, making it clear that new energy vehicle enterprises are the main body responsible for the recycling and utilization of power batteries.

Recently, China power news reporter on the development of waste battery recycling interviewed GanZhou HaoPeng technology co., LTD. (GanZhou HaoPeng), the general manager of district HanCheng.

China power news: when did you start to enter the industry of recycling used batteries? What was the determination that got you into this business? How did you feel along the way?

Mr. Au: I've been in the battery industry since 2000. I've been selling new batteries. In 2008 began to enter the waste battery recycling industry, has been nearly 10 years, can be regarded as do waste battery recycling "veteran".

To say the reason why I decided to enter the waste battery recycling industry at the beginning, I think it is mainly related to what I saw and heard when I went abroad for research. At that time, developed countries such as Europe and America all had a complete set of recycling specifications for all kinds of waste batteries, while China was still a blank in this regard at that time. On the one hand, the total amount of waste batteries in China was limited; on the other hand, the country did not pay much attention to it at that time. In recent years, the state has paid more and more attention to the recycling of used batteries, including the recent "interim measures for the management of the recycling and utilization of new energy vehicle power batteries" jointly issued by the ministry of industry and information technology, the state energy administration and other seven ministries and commissions.

Along the way or more difficult, the first entry into an industry practitioners tend to be more difficult, they often assume the role of "laying the foundation". But it's also a good thing to try, in a way, because in the course of a decade we've had a lot of problems that we've encountered and solved early.

China power news: it is learned that currently, the manganese, nickel, cobalt and other materials extracted from waste batteries are more expensive than the purchase of new raw materials. How long do you think this situation will last? How to solve?

Mr. Au: first of all, I think the high price of refining waste battery materials rather than purchasing raw materials is essentially an economic calculation, rather than an environmental calculation. It can be imagined that if a large number of waste batteries are not treated safely and environmentally, the damage to the natural ecology will be immeasurable. The state will then spend far more on ecological restoration than it will spend on treatment. So environmental costs should also be taken into account when considering economics.

Secondly, at present, the technology of recycling used batteries is not very mature, and it is not possible to "eat up" the residual value of used batteries. In addition, in the past, the country did not pay enough attention to this area, and the investment in capital and scientific research was limited, so the industry was not really mature. All these to a certain extent pull up the cost of early waste battery recycling.

Therefore, to solve this problem, I think the most fundamental need is for the country to continuously improve the laws and regulations on the recycling of waste batteries, establish a traceable and perfect recycling system, form mandatory norms, urge relevant responsible enterprises to bear the corresponding responsibilities, and regulate the industry access threshold.

China power news: at present, the number of waste batteries produced in China every year is about how much? Which new energy vehicle power battery accounted for how much? Ganzhou HaoPeng how to deal with the scale?

District HanCheng: according to statistics, the annual waste of batteries in China is about 23.6 billion, including more than 3 billion rechargeable lithium ion batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries and cadmium nickel batteries, and the annual waste of batteries is about 20 billion. At present, China's waste batteries are dominated by consumer electronic products, while the number of waste batteries of new energy vehicles is relatively small, which has not yet reached the outbreak stage. It is expected to form a certain scale until around 2020.

Last year GanZhou HaoPeng recycled about 5000 tons of used batteries. With the expansion of production scale, this year's recycling capacity is expected to reach 8000 ~ 10000 tons.

China power news: how to establish an effective recycling system for used batteries? What are your Suggestions?

Au: I think there are lessons to be learned from the evolution of cell phone battery recycling. Before the emergence of smart phones, mobile phone batteries can be disassembled freely, and the replacement of mobile phone batteries can be stored in consumers' homes, or into the mobile phone maintenance points, with a wide recovery area and great difficulty.

After the emergence of smart phones, mobile phone batteries are designed not to be disassembled freely, which ensures that the replaced mobile phone batteries can basically return to the mobile phone manufacturers, manufacturers can deal with waste batteries uniformly, consumers also do not need to consider how to dispose of waste batteries, the difficulty of recycling becomes smaller, the number increases. This model can be used for reference in the recycling of used power batteries for new energy vehicles.

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