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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
Batteries are too heavy to send overseas to melt down for lead. Shipping weight is also the reason your batteries are made near where they are sold.
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It's not just the weight, but the cost of packing them up and having that toxic transport fee, the granite business I work for gets shipping containers of granite, we max out the weight and it's only half full, If I'm figuring it correctly, the cost of shipping a battery over seas would be around $6-8 before any of the hazardous material fees kick in, then add that same fee for shipping it back, yes it's cheap, but it's not free.