Batteries feed the plants

How are batteries recycled?
Most power plants use intense heat to melt the minerals inside the old battery that have been reused again, but this process is not without some side effects, because the rest of the battery components burn during dissolving the minerals and what other components of the battery were extracted from unused natural sources where It can be reused somewhere else.

Envirostream, a subsidiary of Lithium Australia Lithium, wants to do things a little differently, recycling all kinds of batteries and taking advantage of all the other ingredients to convert them into new materials including vegetable fertilizers.Adrian Griffin, Managing Director of Lithium Australia, explains in a press release: “Globally, the disposal of alkaline batteries has become a major problem. Our plan to reuse the elements for spent cells is not only an important step towards global environmental management the problem formed but could also have an impact Strong to sustain disposable batteries. "Although some of the chemicals in the batteries are toxic, this new method takes the micronutrients found in the alkaline batteries and turns them into a vital food for crops. Zinc found in many alkaline batteries helps plants to make a chemical called chlorophyll that makes plants green. Without this substance, plants cannot use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy.How does the battery become food for plants?A similar process was already used by the Finnish company Tracegrow, which transformed alkaline batteries used as soil enrichment products for growing food crops, and this process was part of a circular economy plan aimed at reducing the exploitation of the planet's natural resources by using it for as long as possible.Batteries are crushed first, and then filtered out from all toxic elements such as mercury and nickel, and it is important that they do not end up in fertilizers and then into the foods we eat, so the company's laboratories analyze the final product rigorously. As for the toxic materials, they are sent to the hazardous waste treatment plants to be disposed of safely instead of ending in the soil as if the batteries were sent to the landfill.The problem of batteries and fertilizers resulting from the process of recycling and safely returning to nature as nutritious products for agriculture, and so far, fertilizers derived from alkaline batteries have been used on tomatoes, cotton and avocados with good results for the company.