What can we do with old 18650 batteries?

Most of the common 18650 batteries on the market belong to lithium-ion batteries. 18650 batteries have excellent performance and are commonly used in mobile devices, digital, walkie-talkies, power tools, etc. As long as the voltage and capacity are appropriate, it is very convenient to use 18650. There are a lot of 18650 batteries on the market, which means there will be a lot of old 18650 lithium batteries under the elimination, how should these batteries be collected and recycled? We can be divided into two steps, the first is to collect batteries through various ways, the second is to collect the old batteries through lithium battery recycling equipment to recover valuable resources.

One: Nowadays, many places have special battery recycling programs, such as e-waste recycling stations or community recycling activities, we can send the old batteries to these places for proper treatment, to make sure that the harmful substances in the old batteries will not pollute the environment. Although these old batteries have reached the end of their lifespan, they still contain valuable resources that we can recycle.

Second: Recovered batteries should be transported to the recycling plant through safe transportation to centralized recycling of old batteries. During transportation, we should prevent the batteries from being hit or squeezed, and don't dismantle them privately, which is easy to cause accidents. After the old batteries arrive at the recycling plant are fully discharged through the discharge equipment, they are directly sent to the lithium battery recycling equipment for crushing and recycling. Because lithium batteries still contain some valuable resources such as lithium cobalt, copper and aluminum and plastic diaphragm which can be recycled. Lithium battery recycling equipment production line has 3-4 sets of different types of crushers, as well as airflow sorting equipment, magnetic separation equipment, linear vibrating screen, specific gravity sorting equipment and so on. It can make all kinds of other metals to be separated and extracted more effectively.

At the same time, we also need to improve our environmental awareness, consciously participate in the battery recycling program, to improve our understanding of battery environmental issues. Recycling companies should also increase the research on lithium battery recycling equipment to improve the recycling efficiency and promote the integrity of the industry chain.