Protecting the Environment

The era we live in the era of the great achievements of technology. But the raw materials needs are constantly increasing, and the risk of destroying the environment is constantly growing. Several of the minerals we use everyday are components of the earth's crust, and not prepared synthetic chemicals and therefore does not decompose. Living organisms to absorb the water, air and food and difficult to expel. This phenomenon is called bioaccumulation, and causes great concern to environmentalists. Several cases of poisoning have occasionally been reported in several countries in the past, cause heavy metals, and some of them, such as cadmium are carcinogenic. exorixi The heavy metals from the crust of the earth will continue on the construction not only batteries, and many other products. Recycling batteries and any other materials can be recycled, we restrict the dumping of hazardous waste in landfills. Very often accidents occur in landfills, such as fires, flammable litter. The metals are volatilised during burning of trash, then end up with rain water and soil. Also, leachate from landfills are a particular problem, and contaminate the aquifer. Recycling of batteries, we block all these unpleasant effects of the disposal of batteries in landfills, thus protecting the nature in the most efficient manner. Moreover, apart from heavy metals, and batteries contain corrosive acids, which could and are reused. These acids are harmful and cause problems in human bodies, especially the eyes and skin. Dispose of batteries in landfills facilitates their release into the environment.

Reduce energy waste

Recycling is a process that must become part of our lives. Besides protecting the environment from pollutants, another important benefit is the reduction of waste materials. Already the European Union has adopted legislation to limit the uncontrolled use of heavy metals: 1/1/1993 banned from trading batteries with the mercury above 0.005% by weight, and already have established upper limits for heavy metals in water, air and soil, and related penalties for offenders. But the most important act was the law for the entry of alternative management systems in all EU countries. A similar institution in Greece for portable batteries is TOUCH. By recycling, Replace the current production materials can be reused. Especially the metal in the category of materials that are recycled relatively easily. We in various industrial processes to break down, and then the melt to manufacture new products. When exorixi metal, wasted energy into electricity, and gas, both for themselves and exorixi for the processing of ores. A fair amount of energy consumed in the transformation of these ores into metals suitable for the manufacture of products. It is estimated that for every unit battery is recycled, the percentage of energy saved is up to 80%.

Reduce volume of waste

Reducing the volume of waste is still a major social benefit of recycling. The already overloaded landfills every day would agree much less trash if recycling was accustomed to all of us. By recycling dynatota given to every citizen can now actively protect the environment and preserve the city clean. Even in landfills accidents happen. Broken glass and corroded batteries are a major problem for employees in landfills. This is why some batteries are flammable or even worse cause explosions if eroded and stowed in conditions of high temperature and humidity unfortunately found in landfills in the summer.