Yes, an excellent point that may be overlooked by many. Lead acid battery recycling is pretty interesting. Essentially everything is recovered. The plastic and lead is reused to make new batteries. It does, however, consume energy and chemicals to recover the lead and plastic. There is no free lunch.
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Originally Posted by l2ridehd
.... and those batteries have to be disposed of someway that breaks up lead, acid and plastic. There really is no good ecological footprint other than your own.
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