Battery Recycling

The basic lead-acid battery recycling process is already well established, but the close chemical/water/heat control, and novel use of density separation, ensures that Halo's wet end process is different from all existing systems.
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The way in which Halo ensures that its process is novel is dependent on the density of separation at each stage, the chemical/heat usage combination, and the cyclic control of the complete hydrometallurgical process to reduce water and power usage to a minimum.

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The Battery Recycling
Industry

The lead-acid battery recycling industry is a major polluter, with 18,000 tonnes of spent batteries incinerated each year in the UK alone.
There is an opportunity to use hydrometallurgical processes to reduce the carbon footprint by 85%, cut slag by >90% and recycle the plastics and lead.
The lead battery market, globally, will reach US$95bn by 2026, and is set to increase, given the continued demand for vehicles.

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The Lead-Acid
Battery Market

Lead-acid technology is the most widely used electrochemical system, used in numerous applications from back-up for uninterruptible power supplies and grid energy storage, to traction in battery electric vehicles, and for starting, lighting and ignition (SLI) in conventional combustion engine vehicles.
Some of the factors that surge the demand for lead-acid batteries are growing SLI (starting, lighting, and ignition) applications in the automotive industry, increase in renewable energy production, and high demand for energy storage devices.
The primary advantage of lead-acid batteries is long cycle-life and weight reduction in vehicles. Therefore, a rise in vehicle sales drives the growth of lead-acid batteries as a cost-effective energy source.

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Lead-Acid Batteries

Lead-acid batteries, used in internal combustion engines, are the largest battery type, with 831,000 tonnes of batteries for recycling each year - representing 72% of the battery market in Europe alone.