Glossary

    GLOSSARY

    List of proposed terms, abbreviations, and acronyms

    • Associated Battery Manufacturers (ABM)
    • Association of Battery Recyclers (ABR)
    • Baghouse or Filter Plant – air pollution dust control device
    • Baghouse dust
    • Basel Convention Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of ULAB
    • Basel Secretariat and the Regional Centre for Central America and Mexico (BCRC-CAM)
    • Battery Breaker
    • Battery Council International (BCI)
    • Benchmark Assessment Tool (BAT) – for the assessment of HSE performance
    • Clarios Foundation
    • Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
    • Conflict-Affected and High- Risk Areas (CAHRAS)
    • Cyclone – removes particles from the extraction ventilation system through vortex separation without any filters
    • Drop out chamber – removes large and heavy particles from the furnace combustion off-gas
    • Eco-Social Development Organisation (ESDO)(Bangladesh)
    • Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP)
    • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    • Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)
    • Environmentally Sound Management (ESM)
    • European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers (EUROBAT)
    • Furnace residue or Slag – a hazardous by-product of the lead smelting process
    • Gypsum –produced as a by-product when the battery electrolyte (dilute sulfuric acid) is neutralisation and is used in the building industry
    • Health, safety, and the environment (HSE)
    • International Lead Association (ILA)
    • Junk Lead Acid Batteries
    • Lead acid batteries (LAB)
    • Lead Batteries (LB)
      • Lead batteries are the gold standard in adopting circular economy principles – an end-to-end recycling process which maintains the value of materials and resources used in manufacturing, returning them into the product cycle at the end of their life.
    • Lead Battery 360°
      • Lead is recycled without loss or performance, and reused to make new products. The circularity of closed-loop lead recycling means that lead will be available for centuries to come.
    • Lead Refinery – purifies the lead bullion produced from the recycling operation.
    • Lead refining crucible (Kettle)
    • Lead Smelter – lead primary and/or recycling (secondary Lead) plant.
    • LMIC – Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    • London Metals Exchange (LME)
    • OECD Due Diligence Guidance
    • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
    • Protecting Every Child’s Potential (PECP)
    • Pure Earth
    • Regional Centre for Central America and Mexico (BCRC-CAM)
    • Responsible Sourcing
      • Responsible sourcing policies for lead raw materials seeks to identify risks in the supply chain, promote best practices for EHS performance in suppliers’ operations, advocate for improved standards and prevent material entering the market from recyclers who fail to establish controls and processes to protect public health and the environment.
    • Rotary furnaces – for the recovery of Lead by either smelting the battery paste or melting the grid metallics.
    • Screw Conveyor Furnace Charger – for charging the battery scrap to the furnace.
    • Scrubbing Tower – the removes the final traces of sulfur dioxide from the furnace off-gas.
    • Secondary Lead Plant – recycles lead from lead batteries or other Lead bearing sources.
    • SHS (Solar Home System) distributor
    • Solar Home System (SHS)
    • Spent lead-acid batteries (SLABs)
    • Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
    • Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP)
    • Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI)
    • UN 2794 Certified Leak Proof Container for ULAB – for transporting ULAB
    • UNEA – United Nations Environnent Assembly
    • UNEP – United Nations Environnent Programme
    • UNICEF – United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
    • Used Lead Acid Batteries (ULAB)
    • Ventilated battery saw for breaking open ULAB by removing the top of the battery.
    • Waste Lead Acid Batteries (WLAB)