Car dismantling battery storage battery

How do you recycle car batteries?

The recycling journey begins with collecting spent car batteries. We ensure our old products are picked up from auto repair garages, dealerships, and recycling centres. Usually, our distribution transportation drops off new batteries, picks up older units, and transports them to battery recycling facilities.

Are old car batteries recycled?

Luckily, almost all old car batteries are collected from battery outlets and transformed back into new products. However, meticulous steps are taken to turn potential waste into valuable resources. However, why does recycling car batteries matter?

Why is manual dismantling a battery a safety hazard?

Especially in cases of HRC and manual dismantling of the batteries, the worker’s safety is increased by rejecting leaking and mechanically defective batteries, posing fire or chemical risks.

What happens when a battery is dismantled?

The protective case around the battery is unscrewed and adhesive and silicones are removed. There are often also electrical components and cables for liquid coolants (cooling) or air (ventilation) that have to be taken away. These are taken before and during the dismantling process.

Do EV batteries need to be dismantled?

EV batteries have to be dismantled carefully. There are a number of risk factors to take into account: Sometimes specific guidelines from the customer or the brand have to be taken into account, too. Dismantling is always customised work for Bebat. Each job is different, and what the customer wants is decisive.

Why do EVB batteries need to be dismantled?

The absence of the battery information limits the availability of technical details, disassembly sequences, and chemical compositions of the EVBs. Manually dismantling EVB necessitates employing highly skilled workers and implementing stringent safety protocols, escalating costs, as noted by Harper et al. in their 2019 study on recycling.