Nearly every phone and laptop taken apart in Seelampur's scrap trade leaves a lithium battery, and loose heaps of them can catch fire. Buying these batteries, storing them safely and sending full loads to registered recyclers gives recyclers steady supply and makes the market safer.
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This business buys used lithium batteries from phone and laptop dismantlers, scrap dealers and repair shops. You sort them by type, make each one safe to handle, and keep them in a fire-safe godown. When you have a full load, you send it to a registered battery recycler, who recovers metals such as cobalt and lithium.
Seelampur, in this district, is one of India's best-known e-waste markets, where large volumes of electronics are taken apart by hand. Nearly every phone and laptop broken up here holds a lithium battery. In the informal trade these are often thrown in heaps or sold with mixed scrap, and damaged lithium batteries can catch fire when crushed or piled up.
You need GST registration, a ground-floor godown away from homes, metal storage cabinets, sand bins, fire extinguishers and a written tie-up with a recycler registered under the government's battery waste rules. Before you start, ask the Delhi Pollution Control Committee which consent your godown needs. The hard parts are fire and price. Tape every battery's terminals, keep swollen ones apart in sand, and never let stock pile up. Recyclers' rates move with metal prices, and informal buyers may offer dealers more in cash.
Sell full loads to registered battery recyclers. Win dealers and repair shops over with fair weighing, regular pickup and prompt payment.
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