Influence of environmental policies on China’s lead-acid battery industry

Abstract

Frequently occurred “lead poisoning cases” in China made the rapidly developing lead-acid battery industry a huge environmental harm in these years. Meanwhile, a series of related policies have been issued by the Chinese government to inhibit the increasingly expanded effect by this industry to the environment. In this paper, the status of the lead-acid battery industry, including the demand, yield and growth rate are presented, along with the environmental regulation policies for this field as well as the secondary lead industry. Besides, this work also analyzes and discusses the specific content of the policies developed for environmental protection requirements and provides information on how enterprises can properly prepare for the inspections and enter into compliance with the new regulations.