Lead Recycling

[fusionstar916]

I need about 100lbs of lead.. for fishing sinkers and bullet casting.

[dibbla]

All that acid can't be good for the JCB

[spiderman539]

Fishing weights for LIFE

[nbrockerson]

Hint, IT'S LEAD!

[Ma77hew]

I even recycle lead! I take used old wheel weights and turn them into bullets for my glock!

[spmexy]

@Ma77hew soft led cant be good for a glock. :/

[Ma77hew]

@spmexy works great for me, the most accurate ammo I have ever shot out of my glock! If it is properly lubed and the barrel cleaned every time I shoot... works great!

[87tomify]

i persume its very toxic working at those facilities, even you wear a mask.

[jjohn77700]

@87tomify I don't know about this facility but I work at East Penn Manf. in Pennsylvania and they spend millions every year in ventilation duct systems, fresh or clean air return systems, as well as on bag houses some equipped with HEPA filtration. They monitor employees with routine blood tests. Unless you are extremely negligent your exposures are quite low.

[quangluu96]

Woot more BULLET=)

[billmaghan]

Good work!

[SoulSlayer21]

is that poisonous?

[doomsday800]

very

[kalfnuts]

what do they do with the sulphuric acid

[maddawg762]

The acid is neutralized with a chemical and diluted with water, then processed as wastewater. By the time the former acid is purified, it is basically water, and can safely be discharged into the environment.

Don't worry - all applicable water quality guidelines and regulations are followed in the handling of lead and acidic waste.

[kalfnuts]

cheers man

[TheCaptainLulz]

@maddawg762 Actually, most of that acid can be recycled as its never usually destroyed in the old batteries. They die because they become full of lead sulfate instead of the oxide that coats the plates of fresh batteries. It usually just needs a good filtering and it can go right back into a new battery.

[jsanders841]

@TheCaptainLulz bullshit

[TheCaptainLulz]

@maddawg762 why is it neutralized? it could be filtered and reconcentrated for use in new batteries. H2SO4 is super easy to re-constitute, it just has to be heated to 300C and the water will boil away for reuse. Seems like a waste to me, thats all.

[petrolhead321]

why is 2% unrecycable?

[cinndave]

Maybe it gets thrown in the landfill like it shouldn't.

Maybe it gets lost, like a lead bullet lodged in some Iraqi's man's hip bone after being shot in the crotch and then buried somewhere out in the desert. It happens.

98% is still an amazing rate.

[robertg222]

The 2% is probably calculated by weight. How much weight comes in vs. how much leaves. The 2% is probably things like the cardboard boxes, wood pallets, and other odd contaminants on the old batteries.

[FamousPixels]

1:20 ... BLOODY GOOD SHOT!

[enotdetcelfer]

damn thats pretty cool...

[Santiagosony]

woah, what about recycling li-tion batteries?

[vcdp]

pretty sick