Battery Recycling - Hammerhead Charger 48V Operator's Manual

TROJAN BATTERY USER'S GUIDE
8.

Battery Recycling

Lead-acid batteries are the environmental success story of our time because more than 97 percent of all
battery lead is recycled. In fact, lead-acid batteries top the list of the most highly recycled consumer products
and Trojan Battery supports proper recycling of your battery to keep the environment clean.
Please contact your nearest Trojan Distributor, which can be located at www.trojanbattery.com, to properly
recycle your batteries.
Below is the process in which your Trojan battery will be recycled:
Recycling For A
Better Environment
Plastic
Plastic pellets recycled from
battery cases and covers are
used to manufacture new
cases and covers
Crush the case
and covers
Plastic pellets
New Covers
and Cases
New battery covers and cases
are manufactured using
recycled plastic pellets
New cases
and covers
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Lead
Lead ingots recycled from
battery grids, other battery
parts (e.g., posts and terminals)
and lead-oxide are used to
manufacture lead for new
grids, parts, and lead oxide
Melt grids
Lead ingots
New Grids and
Lead Oxide
New battery grids are
manufactured from recycled
lead. Recovered lead oxide
is also used in new
battery manufacturing
Lead Oxide
New grids
Transportation
The same network that distributes
new batteries also safely collects and
returns used batteries for recycling
At the recycling facility, used batteries are
broken apart and separated into components
to begin the recycling process
Electrolyte: Option 1
Sodium sulfate crystals
separated from used electrolyte
(dilute sulfuric acid) is recycled
and sold for use in textiles,
glass and detergent
manufacturing
Neutralize
electrolyte
Sodium
sulfate
crystals
Glass, textiles,
detergent
New Battery
Electrolyte: Option 2
At some recyclers, used
electrolyte is reclaimed and
reused in manufacturing new
batteries. At others, it is
neutralized and managed
according to federal and state
water permits
OR
Electrolyte Electrolyte
is neutralized is chemically
and sent to treated and
a water reused
treatment
plant
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