Lead batteries reign as the most recycled consumer product in the U.S. today and the most sustainable battery technology. 99% of lead batteries are safely recycled in an established, according to the National Recycling Rate Study commissioned by Battery Council International (BCI) and prepared by Vault Consulting. ​ Lead batteries are an important part of the nation's transition to clean energy storage. Recycling raw materials instead of relying on newly mined minerals significantly reduces the manufacturing footprint for batteries. Lead batteries are critical to a low-carbon future by being a critical component in many sustainable applications. ​ Lead batteries are designed to be recycled. A lead battery's three main components (lead, plastic, acid) are 100 percent recyclable. This creates the raw materials needed for new lead batteries, and the typical new lead battery is formed of at least 80 percent recycled material. The lead from lead batteries can be infinitely recycled with no loss of performance. In fact, U.S. lead battery manufacturers source approximately 83 percent of the needed lead from North American recycling facilities. The plastic casings are also recycled. They are then turned into the valuable raw materials U.S. manufacturers need to create new lead batteries and restart the cycle of use-recycle-remanufacture. There is a vast network of existing manufacturing, collection, and recycling facilities, including more than 300,000 retail distribution and collection sites for used lead batteries. ​ #Leadbatteries ​