Discarded batteries are a prime source of heavy metal pollution.
The disposal of these batteries poses a potential threat to the environment and to human health. Even with the recent government-mandated curtailment of mercury in batteries, it its believed that cell disposal will continue to contribute to the amount of toxic metals in the environment. This thesis will present a brief overview of the electrochemcial cell disposal policy. A method of accounting for pertinent metal amounts will then be developed. Finally, conclusions will be drawn and recommendations given, in the hope that this input may be of use in solving the cell disposal problems.