100% recovered?

“Such studies [as the 2004 Cambodian study] help to fill the gaps and confirm the widely held view that [used lead acid battery] ULAB recovery rates in developing countries are close to 100%, because a used battery has an economic value and will ALWAYS be recovered and sold on to a recycler.” (Burrell, ILZSG 2005)
“The system of collecting batteries for recycling has run in Shanghai from 1998.However, only 175 tons of batteries [1.5%] were collected until the first half of the year in 2002, compared to 12,000 tons of batteries used during these four years.” (BatteryCn.com, 2003)

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