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<h1>Global Alliance promotes responsible lead battery manufacturing and recycling</h1> </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="post-single-content-wrapper"> <div class="background-shapes"> <div class="bg-shape top-left"></div> <div class="bg-shape top-right"></div> <div class="bg-shape bottom-right"></div> </div> <div class="single-post-meta"> <div class="container"> <div class="single-post-meta-content"> <span class="author-single">Published on</span> <span class="post-date-single">22nd July, 2020</span> </div> </div> </div> <section class="block-intro-text"> <div class="container"> <p><em>“We want to see an end to all informal and unregulated recycling in low and middle income countries.</em></p> <p><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> <p><strong>Joint statement by associations representing the lead, lead battery and recycling industries: ILA, Eurobat, BCI and ABR, July 2020.</strong></p> </div> </section><div class="container post-author-mobile"><span class="author-single">By International Lead Association </span></div> <div class="container block-default"> <p></p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>Four associations representing the lead, lead battery and recycling industries, ILA, BCI, Eurobat and ABR, have formed a global alliance to help improve global standards in lead battery manufacturing and recycling. Our industries are committed to continuously improving, helping ensure that lead is manufactured and used responsibly to minimize any impact on people’s health or the environment.</p> </div> <div class="container block-default"> <p>The alliance aims to minimise exposure to lead in all regions of the globe. Known as the material stewardship initiative, it involves some of the biggest battery companies in the world. The project is built around a set of seven <a href="https://www.ila-lead.org/news/ila-news/2020-01-21/lead-battery-industry-and-value-chain-establish-global-material-stewardship-programme">guiding principles</a> involving companies committing to business practices that support environmentally sound manufacturing and recycling of lead batteries. One of the critical problems affecting some low and middle-income countries is the dangerous practice of substandard or informal manufacturing and recycling of lead and lead batteries. This can result in serious damage to human health and significant environmental pollution. Lead has a market value, and where there are few or no restrictions or regulations, informal recycling of batteries presents an opportunity to make money in some highly deprived communities. Member companies of <a href="http://www.ila-lead.org/">ILA</a>, <a href="http://www.eurobat.org/">EUROBAT</a>, <a href="https://batterycouncil.org/">BCI</a> and <a href="https://www.associationofbatteryrecyclers.com/">ABR</a> can and are playing a significant role in reducing this problem, delivering on the commitments in the guiding principles.</p> </div> <section class="block-image-caption-slider"> <div class="container"> <div class="image-caption-slider-wrap"> <div class="image-caption-image-slider swiper-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <div class="image-wrap" style="background-image: url();"> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <div class="image-wrap" style="background-image: url();"> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <div class="image-wrap" style="background-image: url();"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-caption"> <div class="image-caption-caption-slider swiper-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide swiper-no-swiping"> <p>The material stewardship initiative involves some of the biggest battery companies in the world.</p> </div> <div class="swiper-slide swiper-no-swiping"> <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="swiper-slide swiper-no-swiping"> <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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