In May of this year, the Consumer Products Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology conducted a meeting with Jiangsu Lishen Battery Co., Ltd., uncovering severe violations of the "Regulatory Conditions for the Lead-Acid Battery Industry." These included the company being penalized by local environmental protection authorities for discharging wastewater through unauthorized outlets, some lead-related production workshops not being sealed as required, the production area not being strictly separated from non-production areas, and insufficient blood lead level tests for employees.
An environmental protection organization collected samples of suspected illegal wastewater discharge from the company and entrusted them to the third-party testing company "Bureau Veritas Shanghai Inspection and Testing Co., Ltd." (abbreviated as "Bureau Veritas Testing") with testing qualifications for analysis. The analysis report provided by Bureau Veritas Testing showed that the pH value of the suspected illegal wastewater sample collected from the exterior wall of Rich Battery was 2.23, indicating strong acidity, with a lead content of 8150 micrograms per liter.
Stepping into the production workshop of Ningxia Ruibin Non-ferrous Metals Technology Co., Ltd. in Lingwu City, Ningxia, the journalist observed that used lead-acid batteries were being mechanically disassembled into a "large tank" as they passed over a conveyor belt. During this process, the battery acid solution was purified through the stages of a water treatment system, eventually becoming relatively clear recycled water.
According to the Ningxia Environmental Protection Bureau, there are currently two qualified lead-acid battery recycling and processing companies in Ningxia, with a total annual processing capacity of 180,000 tons. Calculations show that Ningxia produces about 80,000 tons of waste batteries annually, but these two companies can only recycle about 50 to 60,000 tons each year, with a significant portion ending up in the "black market."
In May this year, the Consumer Products Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology conducted a meeting with Jiangsu Lishen Battery Co., Ltd., uncovering serious violations of the "Regulatory Conditions for the Lead-Acid Battery Industry," including fines by local environmental protection authorities for discharging wastewater without legal discharge outlets, failure to seal off some lead-related production workshops as required, lack of strict separation between production and non-production areas, and insufficient blood lead testing for employees.
An environmental protection organization collected samples of suspected illegal wastewater discharge from the company and entrusted them to the third-party testing company "Bureau Veritas Shanghai Product Testing Co., Ltd." (hereinafter referred to as "Bureau Veritas Testing") for analysis. The analysis report provided by Bureau Veritas Testing showed that the pH value of the suspected illegal wastewater sample collected from the exterior wall of Rich Rechargeable Battery was 2.23, indicating strong acidity, with a lead content of 8150 micrograms per liter.
