--- In alternatepower@yahoogroups.com, "bigdig98036"
<bigdig98036@y...> wrote:
>
> I read somewhere that lead-acid batteries are "99%" recycled. Does
> anyone know what exactly that means, or have better information? Is
> 1% of the lead "lost" over a batteries life time? If so, for a 20
> pound battery, about 3 ounces of lead "pollution" is released, which
> still seems like a lot to me.
>
I did a little more research. The Battery Council International says
that "more than 93% of the lead" from a battery is recycled
(http://www.batterycouncil.org/news-041902.html). The EPA estimates
that "Nearly 90 percent of all lead-acid batteries are recycled"
(http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/battery.htm). That leaves
7% to 10% that goes "somewhere" else.