RECYCLING

Lead batteries are also among the most environmentally sustainable consumer products, with a recycling rate exceeding 99%. By comparison, the recycling rate for aluminum cans is 50%.The typical new lead battery is comprised of more than 80% recycled material. The lead battery industry uses a circular economy model, which means nearly all the materials used to produce batteries are either reused by the industry or recycled into other products. Lead used in batteries can be infinitely recycled with no loss of performance—a quality that is unique among consumer products. This, coupled with high recycling rates, reduces the need to mine for virgin materials.

Are you concerned about the associated risks to your company when it comes to disposal of your lead-acid batteries? You should be. You may be exposing your company to environmental liability. Do you have documentation to prove to environmental officials where your spent lead-acid batteries were recycled? Is the company that takes your spent lead-acid batteries using a properly licensed recycling operation? Is the company that takes your spent lead-acid batteries aware of the potential environmental liability, and does it accept responsibility for recycling those batteries? Is your company aware of the potential liability due to improperly recycling spent lead-acid batteries?

YOUR COMPANY COULD BE AT RISK IF YOU ARE UNSURE OR ANSWER NO TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS.

Why You Should Be Concerned?
Federal, provincial, state, and local environmental laws regulating the storage, transportation, and recycling of spent lead-acid batteries are constantly becoming more stringent. As regulations become tougher your risk of non-compliance increases. Penalties for non-compliance could include large fines and criminal prosecution.

In addition, customers are becoming more sensitive to companies regarding their responsibility to environmental compliance. Your business could be affected as customers question your stewardship of the environment as well as the safety of others. Most importantly, without a compliant recycling partner, your company could potentially be daming the environment and affecting the safety of others.

The Solution:
Complete Power Systems offers a spent lead-acid battery recycling program. Through its "cradle-to-grave" battery management program Complete Power Systems will provide certificates of proper disposal and records of each customers disposal history.