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Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-18-2007 07:35:

Li-ion Battery recycling

anyone know the process? i work for an environmental firm and a discussion between a coworker and i made me wonder about this process. i am searching online but not having any luck.

Posted by Lira on Nov-18-2007 13:29:

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-18-2007 19:34:

LOL i was being serious.

Posted by Omega_M on Nov-18-2007 19:48:

Looks like a fairly intensive process. Not much information available though.

http://www.toxco.com/processes.html

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-20.htm

Posted by Lira on Nov-18-2007 19:53:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
LOL i was being serious.

Sorry, I just couldn't resist

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-18-2007 20:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_M
Looks like a fairly intensive process. Not much information available though.

http://www.toxco.com/processes.html

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-20.htm

yeah finding real info on how its done for lithium ion batteries is not very plentiful. theres a bunch on how they do it for regular lead acid and ni-cad batteries though.

i read an article similar to the second one last night but it didn't really have much info on the process itself and what sorts of challenges we have in processing them.

Posted by Omega_M on Nov-18-2007 20:48:

You can find publications on this topic. But you will need subscriptions to the journals, if you want to read the papers. There's one which may be useful to you. (Journal of Power Sources Volume 130, Issues 1-2, 3 May 2004, Pages 291-298)

quote:

Recycling of batteries: a review of current processes and technologies

A great effort to recycle batteries has been performed in the last two decades. During this period new directives have been published specially in Europe. The aim of this paper is to review the current status of technologies applied to recycle portable batteries, e.g. lead acid will not be described here. Essentially, this paper presents the current status of the technologies involved in the collection, sorting and processing of portable batteries.

A very general paper. It gives a broad overview of the battery processing technologies.

Posted by Gauss on Nov-18-2007 20:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira

(That coming from a guy who goes to electrotechnics high school. )

Posted by Abercrombie on Nov-19-2007 03:41:

If it's HP, my company has a free battery recycling program.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalciti...ycle/index.html

It links to http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/dropoff/index.php if you are in the USA, so they may do other brands too.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-19-2007 04:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Abercrombie
If it's HP, my company has a free battery recycling program.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalciti...ycle/index.html

It links to http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/dropoff/index.php if you are in the USA, so they may do other brands too.

well im just interested in the process. i knew that hp has a recycling program for both batteries and old computers.

Posted by Lilith on Nov-19-2007 04:58:

So, cracking the casing and giving them to the local kids to play with isn't recycling?

Posted by idoru on Nov-19-2007 05:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
So, cracking the casing and giving them to the local kids to play with isn't recycling?

No, but it sure is fun!

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-19-2007 05:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
So, cracking the casing and giving them to the local kids to play with isn't recycling?

LOL of course it is!

Posted by Sushipunk on Nov-19-2007 05:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
So, cracking the casing and giving them to the local kids to play with isn't recycling?

Hahaha