There are various types of batteries that used by householders for a variety of purposes. However batteries can categorize into three main groups: lead-acid automobile batteries, non-automotive lead-based batteries, and dry-cell batteries. Inside a battery, heavy metals react with chemical electrolyte to produce the battery’s power. It is contained heavy metals such as zinc, cadmium, mercury, alkaline, and nickel which can leach slowly into soil, groundwater or surface water that cause of environment pollution. Environment, Health and Safety complained that dry cell batteries contribute about 88 percent of the total mercury and 50 percent of the cadmium in the municipal solid waste stream. In the past, batteries accounted for nearly half of the mercury used in USA and over half of the mercury and cadmium in the municipal solid waste stream. When burned, some heavy metals such as mercury may vaporize and escape into the air, and cadmium and lead may end up in the ash.
Hazards of Household Batteries
Tips & Facts for Battery Recycling & Disposal
Importance of Battery Recycling
Battery recycling is kind of important process as there are a large number of battery powers using nowadays. Battery has become as the necessity in daily life. Numerous devices need to use battery for remaining its power. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than 3 billion dry-cell batteries are purchased by Americans every […]
Battery recycling is the process which should be concerned to decrease used battery from landfills. They are a main material to give a power for many products in daily life. Nowadays most of batteries are thrown out to landfills so that the negative effect will be causing to both environment and human. Human can be […]
Batteries are an essential part nowadays. They are not only fuel small electronics or any large machines but they are also backup power sources for many things to convenient us. However, those batteries must meet their end of life so that battery recycling must be needed to get rid of waste used battery. Generally, battery […]
Presently, batteries are recycled all around the world as they contain the chemicals which obviously pollute the environment. In the USA, battery recycling has reached the success as more than 97 percent of batteries recycling. To prevent hazardous materials of battery from landfills is the purpose of batteries recycling so that batteries should be disposed […]
There are various types of batteries that used by householders for a variety of purposes. However batteries can categorize into three main groups: lead-acid automobile batteries, non-automotive lead-based batteries, and dry-cell batteries. Inside a battery, heavy metals react with chemical electrolyte to produce the battery’s power. It is contained heavy metals such as zinc, cadmium, […]