The industrial park that revolves around the circular economy

The circular, or recycling, economy is a popular concept, but so far there have been few successful examples around the world. Therefore, it's little wonder that many developed countries have seen piles of trash growing since China announced that it will phase out imports of waste materials by the end of the year.

However, the Pizhou Renewable Economy Industrial Park in Jiangsu province is developing a genuine circular economy centered on lead-acid batteries.

The park, which was put into operation in March 2009 with investment of more than 2 billion yuan, not only uses environmentally friendly technologies to process spent lead-acid batteries, but also transforms many of the recycled materials into new products.