{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.4/division-1.4.4/division-bat+106",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.4/division-1.4.4/division-bat+106.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1032",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 of 13 June 2016 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the non-ferrous metals industries (notified under document C(2016) 3563) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032",
  "path": "annex/division/1.4/division/1.4.4/division/bat+106",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "BAT 106",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In order to reuse or recover the sulphuric acid collected from the battery recovery process, BAT is to organise operations on site so as to facilitate its internal or external reuse or recycling, including one or a combination of the techniques given below.\nTechnique\nApplicability\na\nReuse as a pickling agent\nGenerally applicable depending on the local conditions such as presence of the pickling process and compatibility of the impurities present in the acid with the process\nb\nReuse as raw material in a chemical plant\nApplicability may be restricted depending on the local availability of a chemical plant\nc\nRegeneration of the acid by cracking\nOnly applicable when a sulphuric acid or liquid sulphur dioxide plant is present\nd\nProduction of gypsum\nOnly applicable if the impurities present in the recovery acid do not affect the gypsum quality or if gypsum of a lower quality can be used for other purposes such as a flux agent\ne\nProduction of sodium sulphate\nOnly applicable for the alkaline leaching process",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1032/annex/division/1.4/division/1.4.4/division/bat+106",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:55.916563+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}