A survey of lead battery recycling sites and soil remediation processes

This paper is intended to provide some background information on lead battery recycling sites (LBRSs) in the U.S. Included in the report are (a) a discussion of the regulations and guidelines governing lead in soil; (b) a description of typical LBRS operations; (c) a listing of the 47 sites studied by the EPA under CERCLA; (d) a discussion of a potential problem associated with the widely used remediation technique of solidification/stabilization; and (e) an overview of some innovative treatment technologies that may be used at LBRSs