MANAGEMENT of BATTERIES WASTE DISPOSAL

Abstract: Batteries are widely used in daily life, and a large number of batteries waste will eventually be produced. Batteries waste will cause serious environmental pollution. These batteries contain several heavy metals such as cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel or zinc, which are all hazardous to human health and environment. The casual dumping of spent batteries into landfills eventually result in percolation of heavy metals and other toxic compounds into soil and water, contaminating food and water supplies and making them unhealthy for use by mankind and wildlife. The erroneous incineration results in release of certain toxic metals into air through stack gases or accumulation in the ash produced by the combustion process. At present, the main treatment methods of batteries waste are incineration and landfill, solidification treatment, manual sorting, wet recovery technology, dry recovery technology and bio-metallurgical technology. The Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001 as amended vide SO 1002(E) dt-4-5-2010 have to be followed for the safe disposal of batteries waste.

Keywords: Batteries waste, recycle, waste management, Incineration, Land fill