Alarming: Fires in recycling companies through lithium batteries!
Alarming: Fires in recycling companies through lithium batteries!
Osttirol, Österreich - On July 2, 2025, the Association of Austrian Disposal Businesses (Voeb) warned of the increasing danger that lithium batteries pose for waste management. The occasion of this warning was a devastating fire in the disposal and recycling company Rossbacher in East Tyrol. The President of Voeb, Gabriele Jüly, found that fires in recycled companies are now sad everyday life. Often incorrectly disposed lithium batteries and other problematic substances are responsible for these incidents.
The latest fire illustrates the risks that such incidents bring for employees, the infrastructure and the environment. In Austria, waste management companies record up to six fire events every day that can occur in collecting vehicles, storage or sorting systems. The security risks and the loss of valuable raw materials through these fires are alarming.
measures of waste management
In order to minimize the risks, VoeB member companies invest in early detection, fire protection, extinguishing systems, sorting technologies and training for their employees. Fires not only lead to security problems, but also destroy materials that are important for the circular economy and recycling, which has negative consequences for resource conservation.
The Voeb appeals to the population to pay attention to the right waste separation and to create suitable framework conditions. In particular, the examination of a cashback system for the return of lithium batteries and batteries by the Austrian federal government is welcomed as a helpful measure.
handling of lithium batteries
In addition to these developments, the BDE practice guide provides information about the correct handling of battery types and packaging types. Lithium batteries may be contained in transported battery mixtures as long as the maximum tolerable proportion does not exceed 330 kg per means of transport. Recording and transport are only allowed in approved and labeled packaging that are listed in the BDE guide. Strict hazard law regulations apply especially to lithium-ion batteries over 500 grams.Particular attention is paid to damaged or defective batteries. These must be packed and transported according to specific regulations. The guide recommends to bring damaged batteries into the transport container with a suitable inert material and only to use electrically non -conductive and non -flammable upholstery materials.
innovations for avoiding fire
The technical marking of batteries and battery -operated old devices could be carried out by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). This is a suggestion that is to be examined in a feasibility study by BVSE. In the long term, the development and market penetration of solid batteries could serve as a solution to avoid fire. These offer a higher storage capacity and a reduced fire risk because they work without liquid electrolytes, but with non -flammable ceramics.
However, there are still technical challenges in the development of these solids batteries, which is mainly promoted by the automotive sector. In order for waste management to become safer in the future, the entire industry should work on the optimization of storage, transport and recycling of batteries.
The pressing topics related to lithium batteries in waste management require a common rethinking and acting to protect both the safety of the employees and the environment.
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