Soon, lead batteries may have to be registered: KSPCB - valve regulated lead acid battery
With the growth of the transportation sector, domestic lead usage has grown at nearly 10%, which will bring disaster in the future.
Dealers selling batteries may soon have to register with the node agency to ensure safe disposal of lead
Battery.
This will also ensure the standardized use and recycling of batteries for safe disposal.
At a seminar organized by the Karnataka Pollution Control Committee (KSPCB) and the National Lead Poisoning referral center, KSPCB chairman Sadhashivaiah said: "Global lead mine production is 4.
In 2000, lakh metric tons in India accounted for 1% per cent.
However, the growth rate of lead usage has been increasing.
With the growth of the transportation industry, the use of lead has increased at a rate of nearly 10%.
"With frequent power outages, lead-acid batteries have become a daily order.
Lead is used in all walks of life from hospitals to families.
"It is in everyone's interest to recycle as much scrap as possible," he added . ".
KSPCB decided to take action as lead consumption increased.
"We have decided that there should be some kind of regulation to monitor lead entering the environment.
Therefore, we have decided to adopt the Tamil Nadu model for monitoring.
The distributor must register with the node agency or KSPCB and show us the sale and return of the batteries that are currently being thrown away or handed over to the local waste paper dealer, "said Sadhashivaiah
The node agency will also ensure that these batteries are handed over to an authorized recycler.
"We have 29 recyclers, most of them in Bangalore.
"We are trying to make sure that at least 90% of the batteries come here," he said . ".