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lead acid battery recycling initiative labri top of page home our approach team blog jobs contact us more use tab to navigate through the menu items donate towards a world of safe lead acid battery recycling we work with governments to design policies that support formal safe lead acid battery recycling the problem our approach the problem problem 2 lead is a toxic metal which can cause harm to almost every organ system in the body there is no known safe level of exposure to lead total deaths in 2023 ihme 3 5 million deaths due to lead exposure in 2023 ihme 305 billion in lost productivity each year in low and middle income countries due to lead exposure ericson brown 2025 20 of the global learning gap between high and low income countries is explained by lead exposure cgd lead poisoning is a global public health crisis lead acid battery recycling is a major source of lead exposure lead acid batteries contain lead plates that can be melted down and recycled for reuse without protective equipment or pollution controls this releases lead dust and fumes into the environment contaminating the soil water and air many kilometers away from the source this poisons workers the environment and adults and children in nearby communities a study of used lead acid battery ulab recycling sites across seven african countries found average lead contamination levels more than 100 times greater than the us hazard screening level 1 in senegal one study found that children living around a ulab recycling site had blood lead levels up to 120 times the cdc s reference level 2 several studies have suggested that lead pollution from unsafe ulab recycling sites can affect children up to 3 kilometres from the relevant site 3 4 5 unsafe lead acid battery recycling is a market problem operators with low safety standards and minimal environmental controls can offer better prices than high standard compliant facilities without effective market incentives ulab sellers are encouraged to sell to unregulated recyclers resulting in large numbers of batteries being processed by unregistered facilities the lead acid battery recycling initiative labri works with governments and industry to curb lead poisoning caused by the unsafe recycling of lead acid batteries our approach lead acid battery recycling initiative closing the loop on toxic battery waste 2025 by lead acid battery recycling initiative labri all rights reserved bottom of page