Krautscheid (Buchholz, Westerwald) – secondary lead smelter: battery recycling in a shaft furnace, smelting and refining
operating- Status
- operating
Clarios Recycling GmbH has recovered lead in Krautscheid since 1904 using the shaft furnace process; the quantity of lead processed each year corresponds to about 5 million car batteries. The plant is an upper-tier establishment (obere Klasse) under the major-accident regulations.
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