38.211 — Recycling and Recovery of Materials From Batteries and Accumulators

This subclass includes - recycling and recovery of materials from batteries and accumulators - processing of batteries at the end of their primary includes disposal and recycling of battery materials - mechanical discharging and disassembling of batteries - mineral recovery through hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical processes

This subclass excludes: - manufacture of new final products from secondary raw materials, whether or not self-manufactured (e.g. spinning yarn from garnetted stock, making pulp from paper waste, retreading tyres or the production of metal from metal scrap), see corresponding classes in section C - reprocessing of nuclear fuels, see 20.13 - remelting of plastics to produce granulates or compounds, see 20.16 - remelting ferrous waste and scrap, see 24.10 - production of biogas from waste for gas supply, see 35.21 - energy recovery during waste thermal treatment, see 38.22 - disposal of waste without recovery and treatment prior to disposal, see 38.3 - wholesale of recoverable materials, see 46.87