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Aqua Metals opens first AquaRefining center for low-pollution lead-acid battery recycling

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The company says that its proprietary AquaRefining is first environmentally friendly process to recycle lead-acid batteries (LABs). Lead—whether primary (produced directly from mined lead ore) or secondary (produced from scrap lead products which have been recycled)—conventionally is produced by smelting.

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Forecast puts global lead acid battery market at $76.44B by 2022

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forecasts that the global lead acid battery market will reach US$76.44 Growing preference for pollution free hybrid & electric vehicles along with technological development is expected to drive lead acid battery demand over the forecast period. In a new report, Grand View Research, Inc. billion by 2022.

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Johnson Controls partners with and invests in Aqua Metals for lead-acid battery recycling technology

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Unlike smelting, AquaRefining is a room temperature, water-based process that is fundamentally non-polluting. These modular systems allow the lead-acid battery industry to improve environmental impact and scale production simultaneously to meet rapidly growing demand.

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EPA finds Exide Technologies lead-acid battery recycling plant a source of harmful lead emissions

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lead-acid battery recycling facility. EPA’s investigation, prompted by community concerns as well as ongoing investigations by state and local agencies, found that Exide violated the Clean Air Act’s lead emissions standards on more than 30 occasions. Any violation of the SIP is a violation of the federal Clean Air Act.

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Johnson Controls breaks ground on fully-integrated automotive lead-acid battery recycling facility in US; targeted opening in 2012

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broke ground on a fully-integrated automotive lead-acid battery recycling facility in Florence, S.C. Johnson Controls is the leading supplier of lead-acid batteries for virtually every type of passenger car, light truck and utility vehicle. Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Ditch gas and oil with RYOBI’s 48V 30-inch electric riding mower at $2,299 ($1,700 off) in New Green Deals

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Are you tired of dealing with the noise, pollution, and headache of using a standard gas-powered lawn mower? Delivering up to 1-acre of mowing per charge of the 50Ah 48V lead-acid battery, this mower will help you reduce noise, pollution, and maintenance to near-zero when talking your yard chores this spring.

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Here’s a list of every county suing Tesla for its handling of hazardous waste

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Credit: peekaystudio/Instagram ) Tesla is said to use lubricating oils, brake fluids, lead acid batteries, aerosols, antifreeze, cleaning fluids, propane, paint, acetone, liquefied petroleum gas, adhesives, and diesel fuel at its Fremont Factory in Northern California. ” Tesla’s Fremont Factory. I’d love to hear from you!

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