DuraStart Batteries: State of the Art Sustainable in East Pennsylvania
State of the Art Sustainable in East Pennsylvania
Since day one, DuraStart has made safe recycling an everyday practice. DuraStart opened its doors as a battery rebuilding company almost three quarters of a century ago, and because they operate on American soil, you can bet they have high standards. And while that encapsulates standards in the quality of product they produce, it also goes beyond that, to the ways they seek to reduce their impact on the environment.
The standards DuraStart upholds have made them the most progressive manufacturer in the industry. And more than that, they are the most technologically advanced battery RECYCLER in the industry as well.
They continue to give their customers the critical reassurance of safe battery recycling without the worry of debilitating fines, penalties, or paperwork associated with hazardous waste disposal laws.
DuraStart's Recycling Facility
The centerpiece of DuraStart's commitment to the environment can be found in their product stewardship principles that include a "continuous product life cycle" approach.
They have a state-of-the-art recycling facility that processes approximately 30,000 batteries per day. This computer-controlled, closed-loop system, works DIRECTLY with their manufacturing facilities, to recycle virtually 100 percent of each spent battery they receive for processing. Each of the three major battery components (lead, plastic, and acid) are safely recycled and used in making new energy storage devices.
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Lead Recycling at the DuraStart Facility in Pennsylvania
Highly efficient smelting facility provides lead required in the manufacture of new DuraStart products. It is fully compliant with Environmental Protection Agency regulations and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection standards. Excess heat from these furnaces is redirected through a radiator system to warm adjacent manufacturing facilities in cold weather.
Sulfur fumes generated during the smelting process are captured and reprocessed into a liquid nitrogen sulfur solution- Over 24,000 tons of this solution is sold to make fertilizer for agricultural use each year.
Plastic Recycling: How it's Done by DuraStart
Polypropylene (plastic) is also recycled. Battery cases and covers are cleaned, ground, and re-extruded into polypropylene pellets. The material is then blown through a pipe network to an on-site injection molding facility where it is molded into new cases and parts-. That's what "closed-loop" really means.
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 "Closed-loop" means from the beginning of the products' life-cycle to the collection of used batteries and the reintegration of that recycled material back into the next life cycle, DuraStart works on all fronts to remain viable and sustainable as a company and for the environment.
Acid Recycling and Innovation by DuraStart
DuraStart scientists invented a patented process that reclaims sulfuric acid from spent batteries for use in new energy storage devices. At the acid reclamation facility, the first of its kind in the battery industry, heavy metals and other impurities are removed- and the solution is converted into new electrolyte, diverting this material from potentially hazardous disposal and helping reduce stress on the environment.
Wastewater Treatment & Reuse: The Cycle in Pennsylvania
DuraStart's vision on sustainability is almost complete, and the way they reuse waste waters brings that vision home.
DuraStart treats and reuses wastewater from its manufacturing processes in an ultramodern wastewater distillation and treatment plant that is unique within the industry. An exclusive patented system of distillation, reverse osmosis, neutralization, co-precipitation, and salt crystallization produces water of exceptional purity, suitable for re-use in the production of new energy storage devices.
This zero discharge system recycles over 31.5 million gallons of water per year. The facility not only reclaims processed wastewater, but also reduces groundwater use from on-site wells by as much as 100,000 gallons per day. Another DuraStart innovation is the recovery of sodium sulfate salt as a byproduct of the water treatment process.
Almost 7 million pounds per year is sold for use in manufacturing of glass products.
So why Buy DuraStart?
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