0 Bernardes, Andrea Moura Espinosa, D.C.R. Tenorio, Jorge Alberto Soares 2004 Recycling of batteries: a review of current processes and technologies Journal of Power Sources 130 291-298 Battery recycling, Battery collection, Battery disposal A great effort to recycle batteries has been performed in the last two decades. During this period new directives have been publishedspecially in Europe. The aim of this paper is to review the current status of technologies applied to recycle portable batteries, e.g. leadacid will not be described here. Essentially, this paper presents the current status of the technologies involved in the collection, sorting andprocessing of portable batteries.