Every year in China, approximately 300,000 lead batteries are replaced in motor vehicles and ships alone, and the annual growth rate of WLAB production is 7% (Bai et al., 2016). With the development of consumer electric bicycles, vehicles, and electronic communication devices, the number of LABs is expected to increase each year.
However, the average lead content of lead ore in China is only 2.88% (Peng, 2013), and it is cumbersome to mine the remaining lead ore. As a result, in recent years, China's annual import of lead concentrate has exceeded 1.40 million tons per year, and the dependence on the international market for primary lead consumption has increased.
China produces a large number of waste lead-acid batteries (WLABs). However, because of the poor state of the country's collection system, China's formal recycling rate is much lower than that of developed countries and regions, posing a serious threat to the environment and human health.
China recorded a lead output of 6.44 million tons in 2020, of which 2.4 million tons were secondary lead output. This supplementary supply of lead accounted for 37.27% of all lead used for manufacturing in China. However, the formal recycling rate of WLABs in China is only approximately 40%.
Denmark and the Netherlands levy a tax on each lead battery or vehicle to pay for the collection of lead batteries and subsidize the loss-making process of secondary lead recycling. Greece and Ireland have established funding programs to finance project development and related research on lead batteries and other metal recycling projects.
From 2009 to the present, there have been several lead poisoning incidents related to lead batteries in Fujian, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Anhui in China, causing incalculable damage to humans (Yang et al., 2012; Zhang and Li, 2010).
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Lead-acid batteries are prone to a phenomenon called sulfation, which occurs when the lead plates in the battery react with the sulfuric acid electrolyte to form lead sulfate (PbSO4). Over time, these lead sulfate crystals can build up on the plates, reducing the battery''s capacity and eventually rendering it unusable.
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