# 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), Division BAT 106

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.
Technique
Applicability
a
Reuse as a pickling agent
Generally 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
b
Reuse as raw material in a chemical plant
Applicability may be restricted depending on the local availability of a chemical plant
c
Regeneration of the acid by cracking
Only applicable when a sulphuric acid or liquid sulphur dioxide plant is present
d
Production of gypsum
Only 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
e
Production of sodium sulphate
Only applicable for the alkaline leaching process

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1032/annex/division/1.4/division/1.4.4/division/bat+106 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.4/division-1.4.4/division-bat+106
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