The reuse and reprocessing of car batteries in India – in order to reduce the number of batteries being disposed of as material waste – is known as “Car Battery Recycling”. The average Indian car battery has a shelf life of three to five years, after which requires immediate recycling. Containing several poisonous heavy metals and chemicals, the dumping of batteries has poses an environmental threat which leads to contamination of soil and water. In order to comply with environmental and health benefits, such batteries are recycled.
Recycling Process of Car Batteries in India:
For car batteries in India, the “Hammer-mill”, a machine that hammers the car battery into little pieces, is used in the first stage of the recycling process. A large tank of liquid is used to separate the heavy materials and lead from the plastic pieces (The plastic is sent to the plastic recycling unit where it is heated and stored in a molten form). The next step is to scoop away the polypropylene pieces while the liquid is drawn off in order to access the lead and heavy metals. Each material is then sent down a different stream, each processed with separate methods and sent back to manufacturers of car batteries in India.
Paving the way to successful recycling, 97 percent of lead acid car batteries in India are reprocessed using this method. While, rightfully, the credit for organizing early recycling should go to the automotive industry; we believe business reasons rather than environmental concerns may have been the driving force as the recycling process is simple and 70 percent of the battery’s weight is re-usable lead.
Recycled car batteries in India cover about 50 percent of the lead supply. Other battery types prove not as economical to recycle and usually are not returned as eagerly as the lead acid ones. To make the collection of old car batteries in India more convenient, several agencies have organized several battery collection programs and initiatives. The end goal of the recycling process is to make sure the hazardous wastes do not contaminate our natural resources and to utilize the retrieved material in the creation of new products.
Though being environmentally unfriendly, lead acid car batteries in India contribute to a strong market niche, especially as a starter battery. Wheeled mobility and UPS systems can not continue to run as economically if it were not for this reliable battery. Although being pollution free, these lead acid car batteries in India are in constant decline.
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