The Most Recycled Product on Earth. We Keep It That Way.
Lead-acid batteries have a higher recycling rate than aluminum, paper, or glass. Every ingot we produce comes from a spent battery.
The circular economy of lead.
When a lead-acid battery reaches the end of its life, it does not have to end up in a landfill. A spent battery arrives at our facility, and we break it apart to separate the lead paste, metallic grids, polypropylene casing, and sulfuric acid.
The lead is smelted, refined to 99.98% purity, and cast into new ingots. The plastic is pelletized, and the acid is neutralized and treated. Those ingots become new batteries, and when those batteries reach the end of their life, the cycle starts again. Every ingot we produce was a battery, and every battery we process gets a second life.
Why secondary lead matters.
Every battery we recover means energy saved, ore left in the ground, hazardous waste diverted, and compliance made simpler.
Energy savings
Recycling lead from batteries uses significantly less energy than mining and smelting primary lead ore. Secondary production reduces the carbon footprint of every ingot.
Resource conservation
Every ton of secondary lead we produce is a ton of ore that stays in the ground. No new mining, no new extraction. The material already exists, and we refine it again.
Waste diversion
Lead-acid batteries contain lead, acid, and plastic, all hazardous if improperly disposed. Our process recovers every component, keeping them out of landfills and waterways.
Regulatory alignment
Sourcing recycled lead supports your organization's ESG commitments and compliance with extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations worldwide.
Environmental responsibility, engineered in.
Environmental responsibility is not a marketing message for us. It is built into the engineering of our facility and the design of every process line.
Our environmental impact.
Close the loop with your next order.
Sourcing recycled lead supports the circular economy, and your compliance requirements. Every container you buy from FUNMETAL is a container of lead that was never mined.