Waste Batteries are Recycled
In Turkey's first "Waste Battery Recycle Plant", which was established by the coordination of TÜBİTAK MAM in Kartepe, Kocaeli, recycled after various process...
Waste Batteries are Recycled
In Turkey's first "Waste Battery Recycle Plant", which was established by the coordination of "Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Marmara Research Center (MAM) Chemical Technology Institute and located in Kartepe, Kocaeli, waste batteries are destroyed in a way that would not result in environmental pollution, and the metals in them are offered to the service of the industry.
Through the integrated plant, which was opened 15 days ago by Fikri Işık, the former Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology, and where decomposition, crushing, and recycling of waste batteries are processed altogether, both the precious metals in the batteries are reintroduced to the economy and possible damage to the environment is prevented. Precious materials in batteries such as zinc, bell metal, and manganese are decomposed through chemical processing in the plant, and are used as raw materials in the production of galvanize and pig iron in chemistry and in the fertilizer industry.
Murat Ilgar, the general manager of Exitcom Recycling which operates the plant, said: "Waste products are already recycled in Turkey but what matters here is that precious metals such as gold, silver, palladium, indium, and tantalum that are found in electronic wastes, lamps, and batteries must be recycled in our country. That is how we can reduce external dependency."
Through the integrated plant, which was opened 15 days ago by Fikri Işık, the former Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology, and where decomposition, crushing, and recycling of waste batteries are processed altogether, both the precious metals in the batteries are reintroduced to the economy and possible damage to the environment is prevented. Precious materials in batteries such as zinc, bell metal, and manganese are decomposed through chemical processing in the plant, and are used as raw materials in the production of galvanize and pig iron in chemistry and in the fertilizer industry.
Murat Ilgar, the general manager of Exitcom Recycling which operates the plant, said: "Waste products are already recycled in Turkey but what matters here is that precious metals such as gold, silver, palladium, indium, and tantalum that are found in electronic wastes, lamps, and batteries must be recycled in our country. That is how we can reduce external dependency."