Recycling in India

14 IN DETAIL HEALTH HAZARD mint FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010, DELHI ° WWW.LIVEMINT.COM The perilous business of cycle lead The uncontrolled rise of illegal backyard lead recycling units is move at risk the lives of labourers and people residing nearby PHOTOGRAPHS BY MAITREYEE HANDIQUE/MINT B Y M AITREYEE H ANDIQUE maitreyee.h@livemint.com ······························· NEW DELHI B WWW.LIVEMINT.COM SLIDESHOW View a slideshow on the process of manufacturing lead batteries at http://www.livemint.com/ leadbatteries.htm To read the first break out of our series , go to www.livemint.com/leadexposure.htm y even uping in Amit Vihar, a border outpost between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, tall chimney dozens begin to belch dark grey smoke, turning the throw away into a murky haze. It is here that people such as Satish Kumar work, recycling old lead batteries to make a living. A young man in his 20s who came to Delhi looking for a job, Kumar has worn out(p) the last six years stoking fires at an illegal smelter. heap of spent batteries arrive, arranged to be dropped off by his employer, who lives 500km away in Varanasi. Kumar and his fellow workers then spend the night ripping out battery parts with axes and with their b ar hands.

And, as the neighborhood sleeps, they burn them, collecting the lustrous silver liquid in casts before it clots into hard metal. The work, Kumar hold outs, is hazardous, but theres no one to tell him exactly how unsafe it is. To avoid the unwholesome fumes, he and his colleagues cover their faces with a piece of cloth, he says. We know the dangers, but we have no other choice, he says. yet the business of backyard lead recycling is thriving. As Indias deliverance booms, the demand for lead-acid batteries growsâ€"and so, in turn, does the demand for the lead that Kumar extracts from old cells. These backyard techniques are crude and simple to replicate, and prices of lead have doubled in the last five years, making illegal recycling even more... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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