Where should waste batteries be thrown?

Everyone in the world knows that waste batteries contain harmful substances such as heavy metals, and the public's environmental awareness is getting higher and higher. We also want to put used batteries in designated places, but where should we throw them? This is indeed a worth pondering, and Anxious question. Below we look at a related report, the details are as follows:

Citizen confusion: no recycling point can be found

"There are a lot of used batteries in the house, and they are free to discard the environment. Does the state have any special regulations on the recycling of used batteries? Is there any unit that specializes in recycling used batteries in Guiyang?" Recently, Ms. Zhu, the citizen, consulted this newspaper.

Ms. Zhu lives in the Qingshuijiang community in Xiaohe District. She learned from the media a few years ago that used batteries would endanger the human body and the environment, and they will accumulate the used batteries in the home. Today, more and more used batteries are removed from cameras, remote controls, and clocks, and there are more than 20 pairs. Some time ago, she was holding these used batteries to find recycling bins in the community, but she searched the entire community, and none of them looked at it. Later, I asked a lot of units and said that there was no specialized company to collect used batteries. She did not know how to handle the batteries.

Reporter survey: recycling work interruption

The reporter learned that in 2008, Guiyang City set up more than 200 recycling points for used batteries in Zhongtian Garden and Guiyang Century City. However, due to the lack of publicity and fewer recycling channels, the recycling of used batteries has been exhausted. Not as good as people's intentions, the waste battery recycling bins set up in many communities have become furnishings, and some have been used for other purposes.

In 2008, responsible for the collection of used batteries, the main unit of transportation work is Guiyang Xinlv Waste Materials Recovery Company. According to the person in charge of the company, the recycling work was interrupted in less than half a year. The main reason was that there were no special waste battery disposal enterprises in the province, the logistics cost increased, and the relevant departments did not introduce corresponding recycling regulations, and the policies were not perfect.

How to deal with used batteries and listen to the opinions of the public, experts and the Environmental Protection Agency

Expert: Waste batteries are best collected and disposed of

Although China's disposal of waste batteries can be discarded with household waste, in the opinion of some experts, the danger of battery pollution is still there. Dr. Shi Jun from the School of Resources and Environmental Engineering of Guizhou University said that the research of many authoritative organizations at home and abroad has shown that if the discarded batteries are dispersed and discarded, the pollution will not be detected, and the environmental hazards are not known. It is possible that these batteries will be polluted. There will be an incubation period, so it is best to collect and recycle the waste batteries in a centralized manner.

The person in charge of Guiyang Renewable Resources Association believes that battery recycling, high cost, low utilization rate, enterprises are not profitable, and individuals and units engaged in recycling of used batteries should be given various discounts to truly promote the recycling of used batteries. Public welfare undertakings should be included in the budget of the state's fiscal expenditure and supported by the national industrialization policy. From the source of battery recycling and waste sorting, to technology research and development and final garbage disposal, interlocking, this has to form a benign cycle and there are still many problems to be solved.

Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau: can be managed without hazardous waste

The reporter inquired about the relevant regulations of the state regarding the disposal of used batteries. Since 2000, the state has controlled from the source and banned the production of mercury-containing dry batteries. On October 9, 2003, the former State Environmental Protection Administration and other departments jointly issued the "Technical Policy on Prevention and Control of Waste Battery Pollution", according to which the lack of effective The technical conditions for recycling, the state does not encourage relevant units or individuals to collect and collect disposable waste batteries that have met the national requirements for low or no mercury. On June 6, 2008, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the National Development and Reform Commission issued the “National List of Hazardous Wastes”. Regulation: Waste nickel-cadmium batteries and waste mercury oxide batteries produced in the daily life of the family may not be managed in accordance with hazardous waste.

The relevant staff of the Guiyang Environmental Protection Bureau's mission office said that the dry batteries currently on the market have reached the level of mercury-free, especially the waste batteries that have not been dismantled. They are solid wastes and will not pollute the environment. management. The public can put the scattered used batteries into the non-recyclable domestic garbage collection box and enter the city's regular domestic waste landfill. Rechargeable batteries and button-type batteries are more polluted and must be recycled by the manufacturer and should not be discarded.

According to the introduction, last August, Guizhou province hazardous waste disposal center was put into operation in Xiaojing Township, Xifeng County, Guiyang City, which provided conditions for Guiyang to dispose of used batteries nearby, but at present, the government has not issued relevant regulations to regulate the recycling of used batteries.

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