title: Recycling and management of waste lead-acid batteries: A mini-review.
abstract: As a result of the wide application of lead-acid batteries to be the power supplies for vehicles, their demand has rapidly increased owing to their low cost and high availability. Accordingly, the amount of waste lead-acid batteries has increased to new levels; therefore, the pollution caused by the waste lead-acid batteries has also significantly increased. Because lead is toxic to the environment and to humans, recycling and management of waste lead-acid batteries has become a significant challenge and is capturing much public attention. Various innovations have been recently proposed to recycle lead and lead-containing compounds from waste lead-acid batteries. In this mini-review article, different recycling techniques for waste lead-acid batteries are highlighted. The present state of such recycling and its future perspectives are also discussed. We hope that this mini-review can provide useful information on recovery and recycling of lead from waste lead-acid batteries in the field of solid waste treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: Malan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei, China jsliu@hfuu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Junsheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: ANHUIHEDA Environmental Detection Services Co. Ltd, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D007854:Lead; D008669:Metallurgy / Q000379:methods*; D059027:Recycling / Q000379:methods*; D062611:Solid Waste; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste; D007854:Lead
keywords: Lead-acid battery; lead; management; mini-review; recovery; recycling; solid waste