Impact of household batteries in landfills

Panero, S.; Romoli, C.; Achilli, M.; Cardarelli, E.; Scrosati, B.

doi:10.1016/0378-7753(95)02230-9

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“…That study also noted that resource consumption, such as land use by a single cycle, may be reduced by an increase in the number of cycles [19]. Slack [20] focused on the source, flow and disposal methods of the UK’s used household batteries, while Panero [21] studied the damage that these batteries caused to human health and the ecosystem after they were buried in a landfill.…”

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Environmental Impact Assessment and End-of-Life Treatment Policy Analysis for Li-Ion Batteries and Ni-MH Batteries

Chen

Huang

et al. 2014

IJERPH

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Based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Eco-indicator 99 method, a LCA model was applied to conduct environmental impact and end-of-life treatment policy analysis for secondary batteries. This model evaluated the cycle, recycle and waste treatment stages of secondary batteries. Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries and Lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries were chosen as the typical secondary batteries in this study. Through this research, the following results were found: (1) A basic number of cycles should be defined. A minimum cycle number of 200 would result in an obvious decline of environmental loads for both battery types. Batteries with high energy density and long life expectancy have small environmental loads. Products and technology that help increase energy density and life expectancy should be encouraged. (2) Secondary batteries should be sorted out from municipal garbage. Meanwhile, different types of discarded batteries should be treated separately under policies and regulations. (3) The incineration rate has obvious impact on the Eco-indicator points of Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries. The influence of recycle rate on Lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries is more obvious. These findings indicate that recycling is the most promising direction for reducing secondary batteries’ environmental loads. The model proposed here can be used to evaluate environmental loads of other secondary batteries and it can be useful for proposing policies and countermeasures to reduce the environmental impact of secondary batteries.

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Environmental Impact Assessment and End-of-Life Treatment Policy Analysis for Li-Ion Batteries and Ni-MH Batteries

Chen

Huang

et al. 2014

IJERPH

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“…Other researches, which are done to see the impact batteries disposal from household on landfill, in Italy [6], in Thailand [7], in Iran [8], and in Florida [9]. From the researches, it can be seen that there is a serious problem correlation between batteries disposal on the landfill with the environment damage and health impact.…”

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Modelling of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Management in Semarang City (Indonesia) by Using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Approach to Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Fikri¹,

Purwanto²,

Sunoko³

2015

Procedia Environmental Sciences

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Hazardous and toxic materials are not only produced by industrial sectors. But also by household sector. Unfortunately, no establish regulation and standard operational procedure was found for handling HHW. Most of HHW are currently mixed with domestics waste. So that, it can impact on the health and the reduction environment quality. The research aimed to produce the most effective and efficient model of household hazardous waste by considering the impact on the environment especially related to global warming and the indicator of greenhouse gas emissions. This research used Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach according to ISO 14040 : 2006 by using 150 kg of household hazardous waste. The impact category (LCIA) was observed and limited on global warming with the indicator of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. The LCIA method used was IPCC 2007 GWP 100a V1.01 by using Simapro program version 7.1. The result show, recycling HHW is the best scenario based on the LCA approach. The impact of greenhouse gases emissions is only about 135,25 kg CO₂ eq release to environment.

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“…Por outro lado as pilhas, mesmo dentro dos padrões de Pb, Cd e Hg estabelecidos pela resolução 401/2008, contêm quantidades apreciáveis de outros metais pesados, em especial Zn e Mn, que correspondem a aproximadamente 50% em massa da composição média das pilhas alcalinas e zincocarbono [6,16,17]. Apesar da crescente preocupação com o descarte inadequado de pilhas e baterias no meio ambiente e dos avanços tecnológicos (principalmente a diminuição do teor de mercúrio), um controle ambiental apropriado exige uma adequada disposição, que pode ser somente obtida com uma coleta seletiva, seguida de inertização e/ou reciclagem [18].…”

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“…A ênfase se dará em oito elementos: zinco, ferro e manganês, por serem os metais mais abundantes nessas pilhas [15][16][17][18]; mercúrio, cádmio e chumbo, pois são os elementos cujos teores máximos admissíveis foram objeto da resolução 257/99 e são agora regulamentados pela resolução 401/2008 [12]; sódio e potássio, por fazerem parte do eletrólito das pilhas [15][16][17][18]. Será também feita uma tentativa de correlacionar a caracterização química com o desempenho das pilhas deste estudo.…”

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Avaliação da qualidade de pilhas alcalinas e zinco-carbono de diferentes procedências

Vieira¹,

Silva²,

Silva³

et al. 2015

Eclet. Quim.

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. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149 -Bloco A, sala A-509, 21941-909 -Rio de Janeiro -RJ. Arnaldo Alcover Neto, Coordenação de Análise Mineral, Centro de Tecnologia Mineral, Av. Pedro Calmon, 900, 21941-908 -Rio de Janeiro -RJ.Este trabalho apresenta um estudo da composição química de pilhas usadas fabricadas no Brasil e em países asiáticos. O objetivo era comparar a qualidade desses produtos. As amostras foram desmontadas antes da caracterização química. As pilhas asiáticas apresentam mais elementos, incluindo teores elevados de ferro, mercúrio, cádmio e chumbo, e teores mais baixos de manganês e zinco quando comparadas às pilhas nacionais. Portanto, as pilhas de origem asiática representam um risco maior ao meio ambiente. Além disso, apresentaram o pior desempenho no funcionamento de diversos equipamentos eletroeletrônicos. Aspectos sócioeconômicos explicam a existência de um mercado para as pilhas asiáticas no Brasil.Palavras-Chave: Pilhas, Composição Química, Metais Pesados ABSTRACT This work presents a study on the chemical composition of spent batteries manufactured in Brazil and Asian countries. The goal was to compare the quality of these products. Samples were disassembled prior to chemical characterization. The Asian batteries presented much more elements, including higher amounts of iron, mercury, cadmium and lead, and lower amounts of manganese and zinc than Brazilian batteries. Therefore, they present a higher environmental hazard. Also, their performance in several electroelectronic devices was much poorer than the Brazilian samples. Socio-economical aspects explain the considerable market for Asian batteries in Brazil. INTRODUÇÃOUma pilha é um dispositivo eletroquímico que converte energia química contida em seus materiais ativos em energia elétrica por meio de uma reação de oxirredução, fornecendo uma fonte portátil de energia com amplo uso em vários produtos eletroeletrônicos [1]. A unidade eletroquímica básica, conhecida como "célula", consiste de um anodo (eletrodo negativo), um catodo (eletrodo positivo) e um eletrólito (solução

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Impact of household batteries in landfills

Cited by 31 publications

References 2 publications

Environmental Impact Assessment and End-of-Life Treatment Policy Analysis for Li-Ion Batteries and Ni-MH Batteries

Environmental Impact Assessment and End-of-Life Treatment Policy Analysis for Li-Ion Batteries and Ni-MH Batteries

Modelling of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Management in Semarang City (Indonesia) by Using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Approach to Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Avaliação da qualidade de pilhas alcalinas e zinco-carbono de diferentes procedências

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