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Leading the Way in Battery Recycling

Fully integrated system makes automotive batteries the most-recycled product in U.S.

Johnson Controls, along with our customers, is proud to have helped develop the closed-loop recycling system, one of the best recycling success stories in the world. We’ve helped make lead-acid automotive batteries the most-recycled consumer product in the United States, with collection rates exceeding 97 percent.


With facilities that employ world-class technology and best practices globally, Johnson Controls’ recycling efforts have set industry benchmarks for safety, health and environmental performance. After all, environmental stewardship is essential and is a core value of the company.

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GLOBAL BATTERY RECYCLING
GLOBAL BATTERY RECYCLING

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PROFILE OF GLOBAL RECYCLING FACILITIES

UNITED STATES:

Florence

Our facility in Florence S.C. features some of the most advanced and proven environmental control technology allowing Power Solutions to continue to responsibly recycle used batteries, while maintaining a reliable source of raw material to support battery production.


Florence, South Carolina

  • $150 million investment creates 250 new jobs and 1,000 indirect jobs.
  • First facility of its kind to receive an air permit in the United States in 20 years.
  • Begins production in 2012.

 

EUROPE:

Krautscheid

Our battery recycling program in Europe, ecosteps, uses the same closed-loop battery recycling process—collecting old batteries when new ones are delivered.


The ecosteps program provides our customers with a simple collection process and materials to educate consumers. The ecosteps program is endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund® in Europe.


Krautscheid, Germany

  • A recycling operation since 1905, expansion plans currently in the permitting process represent at $35 million investment.
  • 120 existing jobs secured and 50 new ones created.

MEXICO:

Garcia

Our two recycling facilities in Mexico currently meet Mexican technology standards, and we are investing more than $100 million to bring them to the new U.S. standards. All of the used car batteries sent to Mexico from the United States never leave our control in the closed-loop system.

 

In Mexico, we developed the LTH™ Distributor Network, a sustainable energy distribution system that has led to nearly 100 percent of car batteries being collected and recycled in Mexico.


Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon

  • $70 million investment to renovate acquired
    facility, including upgrades to efficient rotary
    furnaces and proven state-of-the-art
    environmental control technologies.

Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

  • $150 million investment created 250
    new jobs.
  • Production began in November 2010, serving
    Mexico and the southwest United States.
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