How producers of lead-acid batteries support the initiative of the worldwide day of environmental protection

The worldwide Day of environment is celebrated annually on 5th of June. Requirements for environmental safety in the modern world are rising because of possibility of depletion of natural resources under the impact of human activities. Today one of the main objectives of the world environmental security is the reduction of CO2 emissions.

All socially responsible company put before themselves the question of how the protection of natural resources and the environment in the long term, i.e. how to implement effective recycling in our daily lives.

The issue can become a "circular economy", which not only saves and appreciate the Earth's resources, but also nurtures new business models, stimulating sustainable economic growth. That is why industry for the production of lead and lead-acid batteries support the principles of the global recycling of end-to-end process efficient, effective, and secondary use of resources throughout the supply chain.

Lead batteries are the largest consumer of lead metal in a variety of applications, from vehicles to energy storage, as well as one of the most recycled products in the world. Due to the profitable nature of lead-acid batteries and modern recycling program, using recycling economy there is the possibility to recycle lead-acid batteries at more than 99%, in contrast to the lithium-ion recycling rate is only 5%.

This incredible versatility and stability explains why lead-acid batteries provide more than 75% of the storage capacity of energy in the world and continue to energize the modern world.

Lead batteries are widely used in vehicles, emergency power supplies, telecommunications, backup power sources, and many others. In the US batteries provide energy storage for more than 270 million vehicles and 65% of forklifts, increase the reliability of renewable energy through sustainable energy storage, and protect the communications infrastructure of the United States with espereslaughterhouses by the food and enable the military to quickly use lighting and other mobile electronics for emergency response.

One of the advantages of lead batteries is the fact that they help to improve fuel efficiency, but also vital for the energy future. Lead-acid batteries are widely used in cars with Start-Stop systems, which are aimed at reducing CO2 emissions and meet the goals of environmental protection. According to forecasts, by 2020 this system will help to reduce the more than 2 million tons of greenhouse gases annually — equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 211,000 American households.

Batteries will also play a key role in our future green energy, increasing the reliability of renewable energy through advanced technologies of energy storage, which is also required for delivery of electricity to remote areas around the world, providing cooling, lighting and Internet access.