The national collection and recycling program for nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries

Author

England, C. Norman

Author_Institution

Portable Rechargeable Battery Assoc., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

10-13 Jan 1995

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

81

Abstract

The Portable Rechargeable Battery Association is a not-for-profit battery trade organization made up of over 125 manufacturers, distributors, assemblers, users, suppliers and sellers of small seated rechargeable batteries and rechargeable consumer products. The PRBA´s focus is to respond to the growing needs for workable battery collection programs by developing plans that can be utilized industrywide. Here, the author examines the efforts of the rechargeable battery and rechargeable consumer products industries to form and implement such a national collection program for rechargeable batteries in the United States

Keywords

cadmium; ecology; nickel; pollution control; recycling; secondary cells; waste disposal; Ni-Cd; Portable Rechargeable Battery Association; USA; rechargeable batteries; rechargeable consumer products; recycling; secondary batteries; waste collection; Assembly; Battery management systems; Cadmium; Consumer products; Labeling; Legislation; Manufacturing industries; Nickel; Power system management; Recycling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1995., Proceedings of the Tenth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2459-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1995.398504

Filename

398504