Our guest blogger, Dr. Carole Mars with The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), discusses the benefits of the lead battery sustainability model, especially during a global pandemic that is interrupting supply chains. Dr. Mars is TSC’s Director of Technical Development and Innovation. As policymakers explore how to ensure domestic sources of essential goods and services, the lead battery model can serve as an example.
The U.S. lead battery manufacturing and recycling industry has long practiced circularity. The industry’s ability to collect and recover used batteries as feedstock for new ones not only keeps valuable materials in use and potentially dangerous chemicals out of the environment but secures a reliable domestic supply chain for battery manufacturers.
Economy
New Study Shows Thriving Lead Battery Industry Makes Impressive $26 Billion Economic Impact
Who knew that a 160-year-old industry could be a leader in today’s modern economy? We did! Lead batteries are contributing to the highest growth in manufacturing jobs within the past 30 years. What’s more, lead batteries are playing a critical role in a greener, more environmentally sustainable economy. In conjunction with National Manufacturing Day on…