MINSK, 25 February (BelTA) – No plans have been made to build a battery processing factory in Belarus for now, BelTA learned from Andrei Shakhemirov, Head of the State Environmental Evaluation Office of the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry, on 25 February.
“When the idea of building a factory to process batteries was debated, a number of aspects were taken into consideration, including economics. The factory has to process at least 35,000 tonnes of waste per annum and Belarus doesn't have that much waste. This is why we've decided against building such an enterprise for now,” noted the official.
Andrei Shakhemirov explained that if Belarus is unable to get used batteries processed abroad, the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry will re-consider the possibility of building a processing factory. “There are some difficulties already. Most often we take the batteries to Poland or Russia. In the last few years Poland has been presenting us with additional requirements for the physical parameters of the waste while the Russian companies we worked with turn up in criminal news. This is why we are inclined towards having a processing factory of small capacity at least in Belarus,” he said.
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