The Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal

2015, 8 : 291-297
Published online 2015 October 22. DOI: 10.2174/1876973X01508010291
Publisher ID: TOEFJ-8-291

Influence of Environmental Policies on China’s Lead-Acid Battery Industry

Rongbo Zhang , Zuo Cheng , Ruirui Zhao , Hongyu Chen and Yuehong Shu
School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.

ABSTRACT

Frequently occurred “lead poisoning cases” in China have made the rapidly developing lead-acid battery industry a huge environmental harm in these years. Meanwhile, a series of related policies have been introduced by the Chinese government to inhibit the increasingly expanded effect by this industry on the environment. In this paper, the status of the lead-acid battery industry, including the demand, yield and growth rate, is discussed, along with the environmental regulation policies in this field as well as the secondary lead industry. Besides, this work also analyzes and discusses the specific content of the policies developed for environmental protection requirements and provides information on how enterprises can be properly prepared for the inspections and enter into compliance with the new regulations.

Keywords:

Chinese policies, environmental inspection, lead-acid battery, lead poisoning.