Un método para el tratamiento de las pilas y baterías domésticas usadas de tamaño medio. I Parte. Generalidades y valoración del mercado español

Abstract

The harmful impact on the environment caused by the unreasonable abandonment of used domestic electric cells and batteries, excluding little size batteries or cells, is discussed. Some techniques developed for their treatment in the latest years are presented. As base of the work, a evaluation of the Spanish market of used electric cells and batteries is made, reckoning that there is a potential market of around 350·106 electric cells per year, equivalent to a weight of about 10.000 t/y of used electric cells and batteries, with a potential economic value of around 340 million PTA/y.