Used Battery Collection and Recycling - G. Pistoia

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Résumé :
Used Battery Collection and Recycling covers all aspects of spent battery collection and recycling. First of all, the legislative and regulatory updates are addressed and the main institutions and programs worldwide are mentioned. An overview of the existing battery systems, of the chemicals used in them and their hazardous properties is made, followed by a survey of the major industrial recycling processes. The safety and efficiency of such processes are stressed. Particular consideration is given to the released emissions, i.e. to the impact on human health and the environment. Methods for the evaluation of this impact are described. Several chapters deal with specific battery chemistries: lead-acid, nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride, zinc (carbon and alkaline), lithium and lithium-ion. For each type of battery, details are provided on the collection/recycling process from the technical, economic and environmental viewpoint. The chemicals recoverable from each process and remarketable are mentioned. A chapter deals with recovering of the large batteries powering electric vehicles, e.g. lead-acid, nickel-metal hydride and lithium-ion. The final chapter is devoted to the important topic of collecting batteries from used electrical and electronic equipment. The uncontrolled disposal of these devices still containing their batteries contributes to environmental pollution....

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Environmental and human health impact assessments of battery systems
Portable rechargeable batteries in europe: sales, uses, hoarding, collection and recycling
Battery collection and recycling in Japan
Ni-Cd battery collection and recycling programs in the U.S.A and Canada
Environmentally sound recycling of Ni-Cd batteries
ickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hybride battery treatments
Primary battery recycling in Europe
Lead-acid batteries
Recycling the lithium battery
Recycling of electric vehicle batteries
Most common types of commercial
on battery waste in the U.S.A and E.U.