ILA sets out the Benefits and Environmental Sustainability Credentials of Lead and Lead Based Batteries Bring to Society

Lead-based batteries can be a part of the solution to the sustainability challenges society faces, according to the International Lead Association (ILA).

In a paper in the current issue of the prestigious International Journal of Metallurgy, ILA sets out the benefits and environmental sustainability credentials that lead and lead batteries bring to society.

Lead-based batteries, the major application for lead are essential, sustainable and innovative and this paper outlines the current evidence for this. 

Lead batteries make a vital contribution to society and are used to power virtually all cars, trucks, buses, motorbikes, electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles, while they are a mainstay of global storage technologies for renewable energy sources, such as solar cell and wind turbines.  The high recycling rates of these batteries reduce the environmental impacts considerably.