폐납산배터리의 국내 재활용 현황 조사 연구

In South Korea, as the price of natural minerals and lack of domestic resources increases, the import of waste into certain countries is gradually increasing. The largest portion of waste subject to a domestic import permit are lead-acid batteries. They account for more than 90% of the total import permits. In this study, the current status of waste leadacid batteries imported into Korea and their recycling status at domestic battery recycling sites were investigated. Waste generated from various lead-acid battery recycling plants were investigated for effective management of these batteries in South Korea. In addition, hazardous substances in the waste generated at recycling sites were analyzed to determine their environmental risk. Study sources were selected based on the industries registered on the Allbaro-system. For leaching analysis results, an arsenic content of 30.4 mg/L (1.63 to 109.13) was detected in slag, and 0.018 mg/L (N.D. to 0.018) of mercury was detected in wastewater treatment sludge. The contents of lead in slag and wastewater-treated sludge were measured as 85,599 mg/kg (52,476.4 to 150,466.8) and 41,722 mg/kg (18,082.6 to 68,958.1), respectively. In battery case scrap that was recycled by a second recycling company, lead was found to be 5.79 mg/L, exceeding the designated waste criteria of 3 mg/L. However, after the washing process, lead was no longer detected in the recycled product, P2. We conclude that it is necessary to keep the current secondary recycling process, with recycling after the cleaning process, in order to allow primary recycling companies to appropriately manage designated waste as it is discharged, collected, and transported.