Ivo Staelens
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Hi all,
This post is more a less pointed to the Belgian people I saw posting stuff here...
I am convinced that trying to go off grid in the long run will be a financialy interesting thing to do, and it's also a very sustainable thing to do.
That's why I started harvesting cells and trying to find laptop batteries.
And that seems to be my biggest issue at the moment.
I tried contacting two recyclers with the question if it is possible to talk about buying larger quantities of old laptop batteries. And the answer was twice: "Sorry, regulations oblige us to recycle the batteries we collect, we can and may not sell them to other people that could have a use for them"
This makes it a very difficult thing to do now...
I dug around and did find one possibility.
It is possible to submit to OVAM a proposition for pilot project concerning recycling.
I'm sure that the way we proces the batteries (separating plastic, pcb, nickel and testing the cells) is far better than the way it is now done. They simply pyrolyze (burn) the batteries and recover the metals and that's about it.
Are people interested in bundling forces to try and put a decent project proposition together to create some kind of alternative recycling route of laptop batteries, injecting the batteries in the diy powerwall market?
I am willing to put in some time and effort, as it could open up a big stash of laptop batteries to the community, in return we need to be willing to do the effort to put up a good project plan.
Anyone interested? Suggestions? Am I downright crazy trying to pull this off, or is this an idea?
Your thoughts are highly appreciated.
Regards,
Ivo Staelens
This post is more a less pointed to the Belgian people I saw posting stuff here...
I am convinced that trying to go off grid in the long run will be a financialy interesting thing to do, and it's also a very sustainable thing to do.
That's why I started harvesting cells and trying to find laptop batteries.
And that seems to be my biggest issue at the moment.
I tried contacting two recyclers with the question if it is possible to talk about buying larger quantities of old laptop batteries. And the answer was twice: "Sorry, regulations oblige us to recycle the batteries we collect, we can and may not sell them to other people that could have a use for them"
This makes it a very difficult thing to do now...
I dug around and did find one possibility.
It is possible to submit to OVAM a proposition for pilot project concerning recycling.
I'm sure that the way we proces the batteries (separating plastic, pcb, nickel and testing the cells) is far better than the way it is now done. They simply pyrolyze (burn) the batteries and recover the metals and that's about it.
Are people interested in bundling forces to try and put a decent project proposition together to create some kind of alternative recycling route of laptop batteries, injecting the batteries in the diy powerwall market?
I am willing to put in some time and effort, as it could open up a big stash of laptop batteries to the community, in return we need to be willing to do the effort to put up a good project plan.
Anyone interested? Suggestions? Am I downright crazy trying to pull this off, or is this an idea?
Your thoughts are highly appreciated.
Regards,
Ivo Staelens