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class="hero-desktop-text-wrap"> <p>As an industry we are continuously working to ensure that lead is manufactured and used responsibly, minimising environmental and health impacts. <br /> </p> </div> </div> </section> <div class="content-deco content-deco-indent shape-top-left"> <div class="shape-container" style="color: #ffffff;"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="289" height="118" viewBox="0 0 289 118" style="fill: #ffffff;"><path d="M5 0L5 118 235.7 118 289 59.8 235.7 0 5 0Z"/><path d="M0 0L0 118 230.7 118 284 59.8 230.7 0 0 0Z"/></svg> </div> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong><strong>Global alliance works to improve standards in lead battery manufacturing and recycling</strong></strong></h2> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>Four associations representing lead and lead battery companies in North America and Europe are working with global partners to help tackle informal, and substandard lead battery recycling.</p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>The problem exists in countries where little or no regulation is in place, and where often vulnerable, poorer communities take part in unsafe practices to earn income, despite the risks. By contrast, North America and Europe benefit from advanced recycling and manufacturing facilities, which are appropriately regulated and where environmental and health standards are a priority. </p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="568" src="https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6785 size-full" srcset="https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1.jpg 1024w, https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1-184x102.jpg 184w, https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1-115x64.jpg 115w, 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https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1-60x33@2x.jpg 120w, https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1-325x180@2x.jpg 650w, https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1-257x143@2x.jpg 514w, https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-944453634-blue-1024x568-1-111x62@2x.jpg 222w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"><div class="container block-default"> <p>ILA and our partner associations are committed to supporting the United Nations’ Children’s Fund, UNICEF, non-governmental organisations and other agencies in those countries where informal recycling is a problem.</p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>The material stewardship program has been devised to support further work in the ongoing battle against inappropriate and substandard recycling.</p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>Associations and companies have committed to responsible battery recycling and sourcing of raw materials and advocating for improved standards of lead battery recycling in low and middle-income countries by reducing the influence of the informal sector.</p> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Stronger together: sustainable safe battery manufacturing and recycling</strong></h2> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>The ILA, working with three other associations – Battery Council International, EUROBAT, and the Association of Battery Recyclers – have formed a global alliance to help improve standards in lead battery manufacturing and recycling worldwide. </p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>As an alliance we are working together on a comprehensive material stewardship program with objectives to:</p> </div> <section class="block-facts-image-text-blocks"> <div class="blocks-container blocks-container-align-left"> <div class="main-block-wrap"> <div class="main-block" style="background-image: url(https://ila-lead.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/actionvance-t7EL2iG3jMc-unsplash-1-705x397@2x-705x397.jpg);"> <div class="title-text-wrap"> <p>Promote responsible sourcing and prevent material entering the market from recyclers who fail to establish controls and processes to protect public health and the environment.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="text-blocks-wrap"> <div class="blocks-pair"> <div class="text-block" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <div class="text-block-content"> <p>Encourage continuous improvement in the environmental and health and safety performance of all companies in the lead battery value chain.</p> </div> </div> <div class="text-block" style="background-color: #cdefef;"> <div class="text-block-content"> <p>Encourage the development of producer responsibility programmes so that there is market-driven collection of the companies’ batteries at end-of life and recycling under environmentally-sound conditions.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blocks-pair"> <div class="text-block" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <div class="text-block-content"> <p>Support best practice sharing and advocate for improvements in health and environmental standards in low and middle-income countries.</p> </div> </div> <div class="text-block" style="background-color: #cdefef;"> <div class="text-block-content"> <p>Enhance transparency by reporting progress to interested stakeholders.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mobile-text-blocks-wrap swiper-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="text-block swiper-slide" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <div class="text-block-content"> <p>Encourage continuous improvement in the environmental and health and safety performance of all companies in the lead battery value chain.</p> </div> </div> <div class="text-block swiper-slide" style="background-color: #cdefef;"> <div class="text-block-content"> <p>Encourage the development of producer responsibility programmes so that there is market-driven collection of the companies’ batteries at end-of life and recycling under environmentally-sound conditions.</p> </div> </div> <div class="text-block swiper-slide" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <div class="text-block-content"> <p>Support best practice sharing and advocate for improvements in health and environmental standards in low and middle-income countries.</p> </div> </div> <div class="text-block swiper-slide" style="background-color: #cdefef;"> <div class="text-block-content"> <p>Enhance transparency by reporting progress to interested stakeholders.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mobile-slider-nav"> <button class="btn-slide-prev"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="53" height="9" viewBox="0 0 53 9"><path d="M48 0L52.9 4.5 48 9" style="fill:none;stroke-linejoin:round;"/><path d="M52.5 4.5L1 4.5" style="fill:none;"/></svg></button> <button class="btn-slide-next"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="53" height="9" viewBox="0 0 53 9"><path d="M48 0L52.9 4.5 48 9" style="fill:none;stroke-linejoin:round;"/><path d="M52.5 4.5L1 4.5" style="fill:none;"/></svg></button> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="container block-default"> <p>Companies participating in the programme commit to:</p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>The Guiding Principles</strong>:</p> </div> <section class="block-check-list"> <div class="container"> <ul class="check-list"> <li class="check-list-item"><span class="list-item-content">Support responsible battery manufacturing and recycling by placing environmental health and safety excellence at the heart of our operations.</span></li> <li class="check-list-item"><span class="list-item-content">Promote the sound management of lead exposure and emissions by setting continuous improvement targets and sharing best practices.</span></li> <li class="check-list-item"><span class="list-item-content">Adopt responsible sourcing policies for lead containing materials, seek to identify risks in the supply chain, and use our influence to promote best practices for EHS performance in suppliers’ operations.</span></li> <li class="check-list-item"><span class="list-item-content">Minimise the environmental impact of our products by encouraging the development of programmes that ensure effective collection, transportation and environmentally sound recycling of used lead batteries.</span></li> <li class="check-list-item"><span class="list-item-content">Adopt business practices that consider the communities impacted by our operations, respect the human and labour rights of our employees and work against corruption in all its forms.</span></li> <li class="check-list-item"><span class="list-item-content">Proactively engage key stakeholders in an open and transparent manner.</span></li> <li class="check-list-item"><span class="list-item-content">Partner with key stakeholders and government agencies to share our expertise and promote environmentally sound recycling of lead batteries in low and middle-income countries. </span></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="container block-default"> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>We want to see an end to all informal and unregulated recycling in low and middle-income countries.</em> <em>The more governments and regulators do in these countries to provide incentives to ensure that used batteries are only recycled by high performing recyclers, and to crack down on unregulated recycling, the better</em>.</p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p class="has-text-align-center">Joint statement by ILA, Eurobat, BCI and ABR July 2020</p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <div class="wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 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/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Desiree Narvaez, Programme Officer, UN Environment Program, alongside ILA’s independent adviser</em>, <em>Brian Wilson</em></figcaption></figure> </div></div> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>ILA’s lead battery recycling consultant Brian Wilson has worked in countries including Ghana, Bangladesh and Ethiopia to help improve standards at plants and protect communities. He is an expert adviser to UNICEF, supporting the Protecting Every Child’s Potential initiative.</p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Material stewardship in action</strong></p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>For more than two decades, ILA has worked in 40 low and middle-income countries, advising governments, communities and companies on best practice lead battery recycling methods – based on international technical guidelines which we helped develop. 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