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Old 04-22-2010, 05:16 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
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.
That lady by the canisters is recycling acid, anyway the reason for the massive spike in lead prices last year was due to china buying a huge amount of scrap lead out of the market.

So maybe your statement is 100% true in europe but here in the states no.

In fact my greensavers lead batteries are from china made from recycled lead.
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