Study on the movement of heavy metals in the dry cell batteries in landfill

Abstract

The main disposal of the municipal refuse consists of the incineration for combustibles and the landfill for noncombustibles. However a trace of hazardous materials such as heavy metals in the dry cell batteries make all the more difficult to dispose of the solid waste. Especially, the fear that the dry cell batteries in the landfill may be caused whether mercury or other heavy metals will leach. The purpose of this research is to study of the movement of mercury and other heavy metals in the dry cell batteries in landfill. The movement of the heavy metals in the dry cell batteries were monitored using the landfill-simulated test cells. The experiment was just started and movement of the heavy metals were estimated to be very slow. The measures of the protection of the environment against the heavy metals in the dry cell batteries in landfill are the subject for a future study.