Banner battery recycling outstrips that of glass and paper

More than twenty million batteries recycled to date

Banner battery recycling outstrips that of glass and paper

Operating from one of Europe’s most modern battery manufacturing facilities, Banner Batteries has this week outlined its sustainability and environmental commitments.

Banner has recycled approximately 200,000T, giving it the highest collection rate of all the recyclable goods on the market, even outstripping that of glass or paper.

Having started to recycle used batteries many years ago, reprocessed material is returned to the new product manufacturing operation using spoilt batteries that are collected by Banner in special containers.

It is a procedure that has seen Banner collect more than twenty million used batteries to date, the valuable raw materials from which, such as lead, sulphuric acid and polypropylene then re-enter the production cycle.

Andreas Bawart, Banner’s commercial CEO said: “As a lead processing company we bear an especially large responsibility to the natural world.

“It is imperative, therefore, that our research and production takes place in accordance with the highest quality standards and environmentally compatible procedures.”

Banner Batteries relies upon a ‘closed product cycle’ that extends from manufacture to recycling and one that is based on a process of continual improvements, minimisation and prevention with regard to environmental impact.

As a founder member of the Starter Battery Environmental Forum (UFS), Banner demonstrate a recycling quota of virtually 100 per cent, and this has been driven by the investment over many years of several million Euros annually in environmental protection measures.

As a result, the Banner production process today utilises 98 per cent recycled lead, whilst 80 per cent of battery box material consists of polypropylene recyclate.

Since 2015 the company’s entire electricity needs have been supplied by renewable energy sources, 60 per cent of which is used for battery charging.

Such is the proven efficiency of Banner’s well-established recycling system that its lead-acid batteries represent a model of resource efficiency and sustainability.

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