Przemysl Chemiczny, Vol.85, No.8-9, 1208-1211, 2006
The main ideas underlying the utilization and recycling of spent zinc-carbon and zinc-manganese batteries
The ideas include mech. recovery of Zn and Fe, module 1, followed by an intermediate hydrometallurgical recovery of Fe, Zn, and electrolytic MnO2, module II. Modules Ha and IIb provide for optional removal of Hg and enrichment in Mn and C compds, resp. Possible chem. reactions are presented. Preliminary expts. with the module technology were pos. Recent EU legislation amendments on electrochem. power sources and the Polish portable battery market data are reviewed.