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SL faces toxic fallout from unregulated battery recycling, CEJ warns

By Ifham Nizam More than 5,000 metric tonnes of sulphuric acid could be entering Sri Lanka’s environment each year through improper lead-acid battery recycling, while more than 2,000 lead-smelting operations, reportedly operate across the country without adequate environmental safeguards, the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) has warned. The organisation said the scale of the industry […]

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