Situation analysis of the recovery and utilization of used lead-acid batteries in China

In this article, the details regarding used lead-acid batteries in China, including their production, recovery and utilization technologies, major regulatory policies and environmental management are summarized. This paper focuses on an analysis of the main problems and specific methods of recovery and utilization. These issues include the diversified development of the used battery collection process, the high level of unstandardized collection and treatment rates, the overcapacity of the secondary lead industry and the urgent demand to improve regulatory policy. Solutions to problems that exist in the system of used lead-acid battery recovery and utilization in the following stages are also discussed. This includes the implementation of the extended producer responsibility and ensuring top-layer design, the strengthening of the comprehensive rectification of the used battery recovery and utilization industry, the end of the unstandardized industrial chain of used battery collection and treatment, the improvement of relevant regulatory policies and construction of experimental corporates for the collecting and transferring systems, the promotion of whole-process management and control schemes, and the construction of a public information service platform for its recovery and utilization.