Can we throw the old battery in the trash?

To remind everyone of taking good care of the environment, protect the common survival of their homes. On June 5, 1972, the United Nations decided to set up it for the "world environment day.

Mobile phones, cameras, remote controls, toys, car...

With the development of electronic technology

Electronic equipment is becoming more and more common in people's life

Almost every family can use the battery

Then you know

Waste battery is how to deal with?

Are you still worry about how to deal with the waste batteries and?

You probably don't know

As early as 12 years ago

Most of the waste battery is not hazardous waste

It's not, just days before the arrival of the world environment day

Emoko on street's visit to the citizens of different ages

To see how they handle used batteries

You see, can be seen through the street to the citizens, they are probably holding ", although don't know what are the specific pollution throw must be bad ", then either put in a drawer, or look for battery recycling bins.

And this kind of idea is mostly affected by a few years ago about "waste battery pollution to the environment" is not really reported effects, such as "section battery can be 60000 cubic meters of water pollution", "waste battery life garbage disposal can cause Japan minamata disease", and "section 5 waste batteries can make a square land waste" and so on, these reports caused a great sensation in the society, there are a lot of people love environmental protection and community to carry out activities or participate in the recycling of waste batteries.

Waste battery is really harm so big?

In fact, with the upgrading of battery manufacturing technology, can be common used batteries 12 years ago with ordinary garbage thrown away. Do not believe you see:

At the end of 1997, the country's nine BuWeiJu jointly issued "on the regulation of limit mercury battery products", clear mercury levels required to limit the battery products, "the first to implement low mercury, ultimately achieve mercury-free."(low standards of mercury is a battery in the mercury content is less than 0.025% by weight of the batteries, mercury-free standard is less than 0.0001% by weight of the battery.)

On January 1, 2002, ban in the domestic market sales is higher than low mercury standard cells.

In 2003, the state environmental protection administration issued the "waste battery pollution control technology policy" pointed out: at present, under the condition of the lack of effective recycling technology economy, does not encourage centralized collection has reached the requirements of the countries with low or without mercury waste batteries.

On January 1, 2006, banned the sale is higher than the standard of mercury-free alkaline zinc manganese battery.

That is to say, as early as 12 years ago, those who have reached the requirements of the countries with low or without mercury waste battery is just a ordinary garbage rather than hazardous waste. So in life the most disposable dry cell, 5, 7 had already reached the requirements of low no mercury or mercury.

Since ordinary dry-cell batteries not cause environmental pollution, so if we don't have to recycle used batteries? In addition to dry cell, daily life and a rechargeable battery, greater damage to the environment, is still a hazardous waste, we need to concentrate recovery for free-pollution disposal.

Special remind

Rechargeable batteries, battery still needs to be recycled

Environmental impact of the largest five kinds of heavy metals arsenic, lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury. In battery mainly contain three kinds, respectively is in the lead battery lead, cadmium and nickel cadmium battery alkaline zinc manganese battery mercury. Alkaline zinc manganese is mainly all kinds of dry cell batteries, are now realizing the mercury-free production, can need not deliberately to collect.

So the waste battery collection is focused on cadmium nickel batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, lithium ion batteries, such as lead-acid battery scrap, such as rechargeable batteries and silver oxide abandoned a button battery (i.e., waste button cell).

Waste battery science tips

Battery type so many, so what kind of battery. What should I do? After processing and recycling to those things? Specific please see

Alkaline manganese battery: throw into ordinary trash can. Because have stopped using mercury in alkaline manganese batteries. If you decide to throw alkaline manganese battery into the trash can, you can take the following measures to prevent leakage: 1, will be more than one battery is installed in the same plastic bag;2, each battery terminals with duct tape.

Recycling results: these batteries can obtain steel and zinc, which are two kinds of valuable metals.

Part of nickel cadmium battery, nickel cadmium battery price include of the cost of recycling. Because of containing toxic cadmium metal, not throw away in the dump. In the supermarket, there will be a nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride batteries collection points.

Recycling results: heated to high temperature metal nickel and iron separated from low temperature metal zinc and cadmium; After melting in some metal solidification, and the others as a metal oxide.

Lithium ion battery: don't store or the lithium battery throw to the garbage dump, one reason is that when they contact with high temperature, it might overheat and burst. In most cases, dealing with mobile phones, laptops and other electronic equipment company will deal with the battery. So, you can easily find recycling locations.

Recycling results: these batteries recycling method is the same as the nickel cadmium battery, to generate useful metal.

Silver oxide battery: silver oxide batteries, and other button cell containing mercury, must therefore be recycled. In most cases, there will be a professional to replace the battery, may I ask whether they can help you to recycle batteries.

Recycling results: usually crushed to recycle useful metal.

Lead-acid battery: similar to other cells. If you buy a new battery, you can first ask about the old battery recycling method.

Recycling results: recycling, lead-acid batteries can be divided into: plastic, lead, and sulfuric acid. Polypropylene plastic will be reprocessed into new battery shell, and lead will be reprocessed, for the new battery. Acid would be neutralised, and through the sewage treatment plant to clean, otherwise, will be converted into sodium sulfate, used in clothes cleaner.

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