Interco
Batteries are expensive and have a relatively short life span. As discarded batteries grow by the tonnage, businesses and companies can sell these batteries for recycling purposes. Interco recycles lead-acid batteries primarily for their lead content. In fact, here’s how to recycle lead-acid batteries:
First, recycling companies collect expired or used lead-acid auto batteries for battery depositories.
The recycling company then neutralizes the acids. They introduce a base that subdues the corrosive properties (toxicity) of the acid so it can be safely disposed of.
A hammer mill shatters the battery or breaks it apart. In fact, the process is referred to as hammering.
Then, place broken pieces in a vat, so that the lead plates and heavy materials sink to the bottom while the plastic floats.
They transport the polypropylene plastics into a plastic recycler to melt and refine them.
Then, the process goes to clean the lead plates and heat them in furnaces, so they melt. After this, cast the molten lead into an ingot mold. After a few moments, the impurities float to the top of the cast, and they scrape them away.
Finally, they re-melt the pure ingot casts and use them in new batteries.
Interco is an R2:2013 certified electronics and nonferrous metals recycling company headquartered in Madison, Illinois.
