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Study shows 99% of used lead-based vehicle batteries in the EU are collected and recycled

Green Car Congress

Although the report shows that 99% of used automotive lead batteries available for collection are recycled it highlights that the remaining 1% represents the statistical error of the approach and/or movement of stored batteries and batteries with longer lifetimes than estimated in this study rather than any batteries being landfilled or incinerated.

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