Brief description of used lead battery collection license to be issued

Consider carrying out law enforcement inspection on the legality of raw materials in battery production and smelting disposal enterprises. In the future, it will issue a collection license for used lead batteries to key enterprises, and implement a nationwide online electronic examination and approval of inter-provincial transfer orders.

Promote lead battery recovery

"Some key enterprises may obtain licenses for the collection of used lead batteries. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment considers allowing some key enterprises to collect used batteries in a certain range." According to relevant business sources, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will consider implementing the national network electronic approval cross-provincial transfer. Single, "The system has been set up now, and all functions are available, only to be approved for implementation."

Local levels are also actively promoting lead battery recycling. For example, Liaoning Province has planned three sites for the construction of smelting and disposal facilities, and the collection of used lead batteries is divided into municipal and provincial levels. The municipal level can be upgraded to the provincial level, and the provincial collection certificate is valid throughout the province.

Shandong approved the construction of a smelting and disposal enterprise with a disposal capacity of 300,000 tons per year in Linyi and Heze. Shandong plans to build 1,000 collection stations and has approved 926. The collection station manages the collection points of the subordinates, and the provincial office only controls the collection stations. The collection station handles inter-provincial transfer orders for the main body and can collect batteries throughout the province. The collection site can store 30 tons of used batteries for a period not exceeding 30 days.

According to the above-mentioned sources, Shandong plans to set up a battery industry association, which will be attended by battery production and smelting disposal enterprises. Shandong banned 133 illegal small smelters and illegal battery production workshops.

"No rice cooking" urgently needs to be solved

Wangjingzhong, vice chairman of China battery industry association, told reporters that the recycling market chaos has a serious impact on the ecological environment. "Lead batteries are resource-based batteries with a lead content of more than 60 % and a high recycling value. The recycling market is in a disorderly situation. There are a large number of small vendors, which cause pollution to the environment after recycling. "

Wangjingzhong pointed out that small workshops in the treatment of waste lead batteries, acid dump, causing acidification of the land, some through the drain into the water. The lead gas produced by illegal smelting causes pollution to the air, and the smelting lead slag is discarded anywhere.

Lishilong, vice president of the renewable metals branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, said that in 2016, the amount of waste lead-acid batteries recovered by formally certified recovery units was less than 600,000 tons, and more than 80 % of waste lead-acid batteries flowed into illegal channels. Waste lead-acid battery recycling channels scattered, the middle links and small traders dominated high recovery costs.

"Developed countries and regions usually use the battery company's sales network for recycling, including replacing old batteries with new ones. But it is difficult for formal domestic firms to recycle. "Wangjingzhong bluntly said that at present, 70 % of the used lead batteries in the market are in the hands of small workshops, resulting in many formal enterprises with advanced equipment."

"As environmental supervision continues to advance, the recovery chaos of non-licensed enterprises has been better contained in the past, and non-licensed small enterprises in Henan, Hebei and other regions have basically closed down. " Xiawenming, a senior lead analyst at SMM, told reporters that small workshops could be diverted to production, given the low start-up capital of non-licensed companies and the low cost of environmental investment.

Industry experts told reporters that at present there are no mandatory measures for the recycling of lead batteries at the policy level. The management measures for the recycling of lead batteries led by the Development and Reform Commission have not yet been promulgated.

Mr. Wangjingzhong said the lead battery recovery challenge needed to be addressed at the policy level. "Lead batteries can be removed from the list of hazardous wastes, classified as special waste, and special measures can be formulated for recycling. Battery companies can participate in recycling, storage, and smelting. Battery manufacturers may be exempted from qualification. "

Wangjingzhong said the China battery industry association is working with the ministry of industry and information technology to develop a lead battery full life cycle tracking mechanism, effective tracking of production, recovery, treatment and other links.

Xiawenming pointed out that the recovery of lead batteries is disturbed by price factors, and it is necessary to issue supporting policies to fill short plates. "Take the Shandong trial as an example. The recycling work in this area is good, but there is only one licensed processing company. Many resources need to be shipped to other places. "

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