December 6, 2023: Batteries produced by lead acid major East Penn Manufacturing have been endorsed with a top recycling accreditation by global testing and certification firm Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
East Penn said on December 4 its full line of transportation batteries had secured UL’s validation for comprising 98% of recycled material.
The company said the accolade represented the highest UL recycled content validation for batteries worldwide.
The batteries were evaluated under UL’s ‘2809 environmental claim validation procedure’, which determines the amount of recycled content in products.
UL says its environmental claim validation mark gives companies a distinct advantage in an ambiguous, green marketplace.
Recycled content speaks to the efficiency and integrity of a firm’s supply chain and represents the commitment companies have made to product circularity and environmental stewardship, UL says.
The certification body says it uses “rigorous processes and robust scientific analysis” to confirm that claims made by manufacturers about their products are factual.
East Penn welcomed the endorsement, which it said gives consumers confidence they are using products that help power their vehicles and form part of a circular economy and a closed-loop recycling system.
The company announced in July that nearly 80% of the lead it used last year came from recycled sources.
East Penn said in its 2023 Sustainability Report the lead smelter at its Lyon Station global HQ recycled 188 million pounds of lead from batteries that were collected from customers, as well as non-conforming material from its battery manufacturing plants.
