The volume of waste batteries generated by modern society is growing all the time, with so many of the cameras, mobile phones, laptops and hand tools we use being dependent on PA3595U-1BAS batteries. When they run out or can no longer be recharged, they quickly become a problem.
Why? Because the mercury, cadmium and lead they contain are hazardous to the environment. But these materials also represent a valuable recycling resource, as do the other metals in PA3595U-1BRS battery-related waste streams.
European Union (EU) member countries generate tens of thousands of tons of waste PA3609U-1BRS batteries and accumulators every year. AkkuSer’s Dry Technology and its network of partners may represent an effective way of dealing with this challenge and turning it into a truly suitable recycling opportunity.
Finnish company AkkuSer claims to be the first company in the EU to have developed a technology for recycling hazardous VGP-BPL2 batteries and accumulators in an environmentally sustainable way.
While recycling technologies for dealing with this type of waste have existed for some time, they are generally inadequate, particularly in terms of energy use. Now that DM4t battery recycling is required in the EU’s 27 States, and other countries have either introduced similar legislation or are on the way to doing so, something better is needed.
AkkuSer’s Dry Technology takes recycling and material recovery to a new level for portable batteries, nickel-metal hydride, lithium-ion, nickel-cadmium, and lead accumulators, and alkaline MU06 battery.
The technology does not require water or chemicals, which results in zero liquid effluent and minimal quantities of solid waste. Metal content is identified and sorted very accurately and recovered for onward use, while plastic and board are separated out for recycling as VGP-BPS5A energy.
The operating costs of AkkuSer’s fully auto- mated process are typically 90% lower than those of older technologies. AkkuSer’s Dry Technology also delivers a recycling/reuse efficiency of more than 90%, while around half of the PA3612U-1BAS materials processed using conventional technology normally ends up in landfills.
At the base of the cantilevers is a bit of piezoelectric material: when it’s strained by vibrations, it produces an electrical potential that can be used to generate electrical current. The cantilever array is mounted on top of a postage-stamp-sized, thin-film PA3612U-1BRS battery that stores the energy it generates.
The current passes from the piezoelectric array through an electrical device that converts the current to a form compatible with the laptop battery.
AkkuSer already processes most of the rechargeable batteries and battery waste generated in Finland and Estonia today, and half of the waste in Norway and Sweden, and has the PA3614U-1BRP capacity to handle even larger volumes at its dedicated plant in Central Finland.
The cathode material extracted by AkkuSer when it recycles Li-ion and Li-polymer laptop batteries – the most valuable recyclable component contained in these batteries – is sent to OMG Kokkola Chemicals, for example, for use in the manufacture of cobalt chemicals for use in new Li-ion products worldwide.
Nickel recycled from nickel-metal HP 586006-321 battery goes to Boliden Harjavalta’s smelter and Norilsk Nickel’s nearby nickel plant and ends up as metallic nickel.
The success of this partnership model gives AkkuSer a valuable competitive edge, over and above its HP COMPAQ Presaio CQ32 Battery technology, and one that has major potential – not only in Europe, but also further afield.
Why? Because the mercury, cadmium and lead they contain are hazardous to the environment. But these materials also represent a valuable recycling resource, as do the other metals in PA3595U-1BRS battery-related waste streams.
European Union (EU) member countries generate tens of thousands of tons of waste PA3609U-1BRS batteries and accumulators every year. AkkuSer’s Dry Technology and its network of partners may represent an effective way of dealing with this challenge and turning it into a truly suitable recycling opportunity.
Finnish company AkkuSer claims to be the first company in the EU to have developed a technology for recycling hazardous VGP-BPL2 batteries and accumulators in an environmentally sustainable way.
While recycling technologies for dealing with this type of waste have existed for some time, they are generally inadequate, particularly in terms of energy use. Now that DM4t battery recycling is required in the EU’s 27 States, and other countries have either introduced similar legislation or are on the way to doing so, something better is needed.
AkkuSer’s Dry Technology takes recycling and material recovery to a new level for portable batteries, nickel-metal hydride, lithium-ion, nickel-cadmium, and lead accumulators, and alkaline MU06 battery.
The technology does not require water or chemicals, which results in zero liquid effluent and minimal quantities of solid waste. Metal content is identified and sorted very accurately and recovered for onward use, while plastic and board are separated out for recycling as VGP-BPS5A energy.
The operating costs of AkkuSer’s fully auto- mated process are typically 90% lower than those of older technologies. AkkuSer’s Dry Technology also delivers a recycling/reuse efficiency of more than 90%, while around half of the PA3612U-1BAS materials processed using conventional technology normally ends up in landfills.
At the base of the cantilevers is a bit of piezoelectric material: when it’s strained by vibrations, it produces an electrical potential that can be used to generate electrical current. The cantilever array is mounted on top of a postage-stamp-sized, thin-film PA3612U-1BRS battery that stores the energy it generates.
The current passes from the piezoelectric array through an electrical device that converts the current to a form compatible with the laptop battery.
AkkuSer already processes most of the rechargeable batteries and battery waste generated in Finland and Estonia today, and half of the waste in Norway and Sweden, and has the PA3614U-1BRP capacity to handle even larger volumes at its dedicated plant in Central Finland.
The cathode material extracted by AkkuSer when it recycles Li-ion and Li-polymer laptop batteries – the most valuable recyclable component contained in these batteries – is sent to OMG Kokkola Chemicals, for example, for use in the manufacture of cobalt chemicals for use in new Li-ion products worldwide.
Nickel recycled from nickel-metal HP 586006-321 battery goes to Boliden Harjavalta’s smelter and Norilsk Nickel’s nearby nickel plant and ends up as metallic nickel.
The success of this partnership model gives AkkuSer a valuable competitive edge, over and above its HP COMPAQ Presaio CQ32 Battery technology, and one that has major potential – not only in Europe, but also further afield.
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