About Us
Element Resources is one of the largest lead battery recycling operations in the United States, providing metal smelting and separation of polymers from metals services, with locations in Muncie, Indiana, and Forest City, Missouri. Element Resources recycles approximately 10 million lead batteries or 400 million pounds of lead batteries each year.
Lead batteries have the highest recycling rate of any consumer product – an incredible 99 percent. Element Resources is proud of our part in keeping 130 million spent lead batteries from entering landfills every year. On average, new lead batteries contain approximately 80 percent recycled materials obtained from battery recyclers, such as the Element Resources recycling operation.
This critical recycling of lead batteries work performed at Element Resources supports a sustainable closed-loop circular economy, which helps prevent supply chain disruptions by keeping the lead battery recycling market primarily in the United States.
Global recycling day
"From Garage to Grid: The Battery You Replaced Is Still Powering America"
Whether you swapped out your car battery in the driveway or had it replaced at your local shop, the moment you handed over the old one set something remarkable in motion. That battery didn’t end up in a landfill. It entered world. Within months, the components inside it were back in circulation — powering another vehicle, a hospital backup system, or a forklift moving goods across a warehouse floor somewhere in the United States.
Element Resources processes approximately 10 million lead batteries a year at our facilities in Muncie, IN, and Forest City, MO, and we see this recycling loop in action every day.
On Global Recycling Day, this is a story worth telling.
Military And veterans
Your valiant service is not taken for granted at Element Resources. The skills you gained from the military will be put to good use to help drive our mission forward. We offer a veterans-friendly culture from the executive suite to every other level in the company.
Element Resources has been named a 2025 Bronze Military Friendly® Employer in the annual list from militaryfriendly.com, which recognizes companies that create sustainable and meaningful career paths, community outreach, brand enthusiasm and enduring partnerships that benefit the military community.
If you're a veteran looking for a new challenge, we would be honored to have you on our team.
our values
Care
We care about each other and the environment. We speak up for what’s right. Safety is everyone’s job.
challenge
We challenge the status quo. We take on tough challenges.
Commit
We are committed – to each other, our customers and our communities. You can trust and rely on us.
Change
We are dedicated to continuous improvement in ourselves, our operations and our industry. We are nimble.
create
We are creative. We are problem solvers and innovators who will find a solution.
