Life Green Batteries Project

• Starting page
• presentation of the project
• why should I care
• batteries & accumulators
• current situation
  • batteries
  • accumulators
• legislation
• recycling programs in the EU
• outcomes of recycling project Life Green Batteries
• the life environment funding project

The main types of batteries include:

Primary batteries (single
use- non rechargeable)

• -zinc
• -alkaline
• -button alkaline
• -silver-zinc
• -button zinc - air
• -lithium ion

Secondary batteries
(rechargeable)

• -nickel - cadmium
• -NiMH (Nickel metal Hydride)
• -Lithium
• -Lithium-Ion Polymer
• -Alkaline rechargeable
• -Titanium
• -Lead SLI (starting, lighting, ignition - motor vehicle accumulators)
• -Lead traction (electric vehicles)
• -Lead stationary (UPS, generators)
• -Nickel-Iron (Ni-I)
• -Nickel-Zinc (Ni-Z)

Learn more about recycling:

RECYCLING OF BATTERIES
RECYCLING OF ACCUMULATORS