[SMM Analysis] Another Recycling Project Commences in Inner Mongolia

The Environmental Ecology Branch of Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner recently initiated the public participation announcement for the environmental impact assessment of a local environmental protection technology enterprise's lithium battery and waste electrical equipment resource utilization project. According to the plan, this project, located in the Industrial Park of Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner, will be implemented in three phases: Phase I will construct a 30,000 mt per year second-life application production line for lithium batteries and a 20,000 mt per year lithium battery crushing and sorting production line; Phase II will add 20,000 mt per year of solar panel recycling capacity; Phase III will achieve 20,000 mt per year resource utilization of wind turbine blades.

The project aligns with policy requirements such as the "Lithium-ion Battery Industry Standard Conditions (2024)" and the "Comprehensive Utilization Industry Standard Conditions for New Energy Vehicle Power Batteries." By adopting advanced processes including physical crushing and hydrometallurgy, it enables precise separation and efficient recycling of various types of new energy waste. Regarding environmental protection measures, the project includes supporting comprehensive waste gas treatment systems (including acid mist absorption towers, activated carbon adsorption units, etc.), wastewater treatment facilities (with heavy metal advanced treatment units), and noise control systems, ensuring pollutant emissions strictly comply with the "Battery Industry Pollutant Emission Standards" (GB 30484) and the "Pollution Control Standards for Hazardous Waste Storage" (GB 18597).

The implementation of this project will effectively address the solid waste management challenges arising from the rapid development of the new energy industry:

1. It can reduce the risk of heavy metal contamination to soil and groundwater from approximately 50,000 mt of lithium battery waste annually

2. By recycling and reusing glass and metal components from solar panels, it lowers the environmental impact of raw material extraction

3. It innovatively breaks through the technical bottlenecks in resource utilization of composite material wind turbine blades, filling a regional industrial gap

The project has currently entered the public participation stage of the environmental impact assessment. By publicizing the main environmental impacts and proposed prevention measures, it widely seeks public opinions. This open decision-making model not only safeguards the public's right to environmental information but also helps form a new green development pattern involving tripartite collaborative governance among enterprises, government, and society, providing a circular economy practice model for Inner Mongolia's construction as a national important energy and strategic resource base.

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