Battery-processors charged with preventing pollution

Heavy metals and other materials found in spent fuel cells can pose a risk to humans, animals and the planet. Hou Liqiang reports.

With more than 2 million electric vehicles on the country's roads last year, China is spearheading the global development of new energy transportation.

While the development has been praised in many quarters, the country's ambitious plans to promote e-vehicles, which will be implemented in a number of regions, will present environmental challenges because of the need to neutralize and dispose of large numbers of spent batteries.