Archive | March, 2013

As US tightens rules on harmful emissions, battery recycling for lead moves to Mexico

Published March 24, 2013, Tri-City Herald of Washington State By Tim Johnson – McClatchy Newspapers Cienega De Flores, Mexico – When an American replaces the battery in a car, likely as not the old battery will be shipped to Mexico rather than trucked to a modern U.S. recycling plant. U.S. recyclers have some of the […]

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Exide’s Vernon, CA, plant poses danger, told to reduce emissions

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0324-exide-air-20130324,0,2002688.story  A battery recycling plant in Vernon is being told to reduce its emissions after recent tests showed it is posing a danger to as many as 110,000 people living in an area that extends from Boyle Heights to Maywood and Huntington Park. The South Coast Air Quality Management District announced late Friday that Exide Technologies, […]

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