Battery Recyclers of America
4509 Woodbluff Dr.
Mesquite TX 75150
Phone: 214-797-6956

Local, Regional, City-wide, State-wide, National; (basically all areas in USA but Alaska and Hawaii)

Assists businesses in disposing of batteries.

Contact: John Boyle

Only dealing with contracts in a 300 mile radius around Guelph, Ontario.

We do not export materials.

Scrap Lead Acid Battery Recycling
Scrap Copper, Brass & Bronze
Scrap Aluminum
Scrap Lead
Scrap Stainless Steel
Scrap Iron & Stee
Roll-Off Container Service
Moble Car Crusher

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• Auto & Truck Lead/Acid Battery Scrap (Benchmark)
• Drained Lead/Acid Battery Scrap
• Steel Cased Lead/Acid Battery Scrap
• Glass Cased Lead/Acid Battery Scrap
• Other Lead/Acid Battery Scrap

In California

Lead/Acid Battery Recycling Associations

• Association of Battery Recyclers
• Automotive Recyclers of Manitoba
• Battery Council International
• BIR - Bureau International de la Recuperation
• Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI)
• Cyprus Recyclers Association
• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries - ISRI

Lead/Acid Battery Recycling Publications

• Recycling Laws International
• Recycling Today
• Recycling World Publication (UK)
• Resource Recycling Magazine
• SCRAP (Magazine)
• Secondary Market Guide (Equipment)
• State Recycling Laws Update
• Used Equipment Directory (Publication)
• Waste News

Lead/Acid Battery Recycling Recycling & Waste Equipment

• Alliance Recycling Finance
• B.J.Metals (Roll-Off Containers)
• Intersell

If you can not get the battery recycled, it will probably meet the definition of a hazardous waste - dispose of it illegally (i.e., not through a licensed facility) and you could go to jail.

Battery Management Programs

Each year, over 2 billion used batteries are disposed into solid waste facilities in the United States. This constitutes 88% of the mercury and 54% of the cadmium deposited into US solid waste landfills. This represents a potential long-term threat to groundwater and drinking water supplies. Consequently, the system that is used to manage these batteries should promote source reduction, recycling, and proper disposal. These options, and their hierarchy, are the keys to pollution prevention; and for a business, that is the key for compliance and cost reduction.

This page is largely reproduced from the US EPA Office of Administration's information. It outlines the overall steps that may be followed when organizing a battery recycling plan. The steps include analyzing your facility's waste streams, examining all administrative issues associated with the program, evaluating battery recyclers, and educating your facility's employees on the benefits of a battery recycling program. In addition, this pamphlet discusses some pollution prevention opportunities present in battery recycling, methods for measuring the program's progress, and resources that are available to each facility.

There are EPA facilities which have implemented battery recycling programs as part of their pollution prevention efforts. Each facility that makes the decision to implement battery recycling programs will help protect the environment. The US EPA Office of Administration (OA) has spoken with several facilities that have implemented battery recycling programs at their respective facilities and gathered their responses. This page provides some key information from their experiences.

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Strategies

How do you begin a battery management program? Have you analyzed your facility's process streams, including procurement, usage, and disposal? The types and quantities of batteries that are present in each stream should be identified. By doing this, you will be able to customize a battery management program that meets your facility's needs.

What planning or administrative issues need to be addressed? The facility should conduct a battery needs assessment to determine where batteries are essential and where they might be eliminated. Once battery needs are established, there are significant factors which must be considered prior to implementation of the battery management program. These could include selecting and procuring the collection containers, sorting the batteries prior to submission to the recycler, and providing temporary storage space for the batteries.

For example, where will the collection containers be located? One central collection point could be established or multiple collection points could be provided. Smaller facilities or facilities that use fewer batteries should consider using a central collection point. Larger facilities or those facilities that use more batteries might want to consider using multiple collection points. No matter which method you use, your program should be structured so that it is easy for employees to participate in it.

How do you choose a battery recycler? One of the most important aspects of a successful battery recycling program is the battery recycler. Battery recyclers should be contacted and reviewed by management to see if they can fulfill the facility's recycling program needs. When evaluating a battery recycler, you should consider the following crite-ria. Does the recycler have a permit or state certification to be a battery recycler? What types of batteries will the re-cycler take? What are the re-cycling and disposal prac-tices of the recycler? How long has the recycler been in business? It is important that the recycler you choose is a state-certified recycler who practices environmentally sound recycling methods. Find out information on the recycling methods of the recycler to help ensure that your facility is not paying for irresponsible practices such as dumping or improper recycling. What costs will be incurred by the facility for the recycling services? How available is the recycler to your facility and how frequent are its collections? These and other topics should be used as evaluation guidelines to enable you to select the recycler that is right for your facility.

How do you communicate the benefits of the program to your employees? The benefits of the battery recycling program must be conveyed to employees if the program is to be successful. Many people have and are continuing to learn about recycling programs through educational tools. These tools include pamphlets, electronic and other printed material, seminars, and posters. Increased public education and awareness about recycling programs can enhance the success of your program.

Opportunities

Rechargeable batteries. The use of recyclable batteries in many devices can help to reduce the quantity of batteries disposed by your facility. By reducing the amount of batteries procured and disposed of, you can help reduce the amount of environmentally harmful wastes discharged by your facility and also save money. The following table provides a cost analysis for a typical rechargeable battery as compared to disposable batteries over a three-year period.

Cost Analysis for Rechargeable vs. Disposable Batteries*

Battery Type Batteries Produced Initial Procurement Cost Per Battery Total Procurement Costs Hazardous Waste Disposal 3-year Cost Savings Rechargeable Disposable 1 876 $11 $0.74 $11 $650 16gm 105gm $639 ---------- * Soviero, Marcelle, "Batteries Come Clean," Popular Science, July 1992, v241, n1. Although the disposable battery's initial procurement cost per battery is about 6.7 percent of the rechargeable battery, its total procurement costs, over the three-year period, are almost 60 times the rechargeable battery's costs. Using the rechargeable battery produced a cost savings of $639 from procurement alone and resulted in 89 fewer grams of hazardous waste to dispose of than its disposable counterpart. Source reduction is one of the keys to pollution prevention. Substituting rechargeable batteries for conventional batteries can reduce the number of batteries procured and disposed by a facility. Battery Inventorying. In addition, a battery recycling program could enable your facility to maintain an inventory of the batteries procured, used, recycled, and disposed within the facility. This can be accomplished through establishing policies to require that old batteries be exchanged to obtain new ones. By doing this, an efficient record of all batteries used can be maintained, and facilities can ensure that batteries are being recycled and not disposed as waste. Spreadsheet and computer database programs can be used to establish an inventory system. Centralized Procurement. Furthermore, the procurement of batteries could be centralized through one location. This could make the procurement, usage and disposal of batteries more efficient by minimizing waste due to over procurement or shelf-life expiration. This is an example of a source reduction pollution prevention initiative. MEASURING PROGRESS It is important to measure the progress of your battery recycling program. This will enable you to see the actual performance of your program. For example, by maintaining an accurate record of the batteries procured, used, recycled, and disposed, you will be able to gain a realistic sense of the type, amount, and number of batteries in each of these process streams. Using this information, you can measure the progress of the program in a variety of ways, such as: Number or percentage of batteries sent to recycler Number or percentage of batteries reused Number or percentage of batteries sent for disposal Number or percentage of rechargeable batteries procured Dollars saved in procurement and disposal costs using rechargeable batteries. Using this information, the facility can establish and measure its progress toward these goals. There are several qualitative topics which could be assessed during a typical progress measurement session. These topics include program costs and perfor-mance, employee participation, benefits realized and problems experienced, recycler service and performance, and other topics which the facility deems appropriate. When evaluating the program's progress, you should consider the following questions. What percentage of employees who use batteries are participating in the program?