ERI opens alkaline battery recycling operation in Plainfield
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California-based ERI, an IT and electronics asset disposition provider and hardware destruction company, has launched its first alkaline battery recycling operation.
Located at its 315,000-squrae-foot e-waste recycling facility in Plainfield, the company said it now has the capacity to recycle millions of pounds of alkaline batteries per year.
CEO John Shegerian declined to disclose ERI’s financial investment in the project. In a statement to Inside INdiana Business, Shegerian said Indiana made the most sense for the new alkaline battery operation for a number of reasons.
“First, it is geographically located centrally in the country, making it easy for us to handle logistics from customers and other ERI facilities from coast to coast. Second, ERI is already heavily invested in Indiana, having one of our largest facilities and one of our largest internal labor sources in Indiana,” he said. “In addition, ERI has tremendous partners in Indiana, making it an easy decision to put our first alkaline plant here.”
ERI employs several hundred workers in Indiana, though a specific number was not provided. Shegerian said the staff for the new operation were chosen from the company’s existing team of technicians “who are already well versed and trained in the intricates of safely handling and processing batteries for end of life recycling.”
The company operates additional facilities in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. ERI said it plans to open additional alkaline battery recycling operations throughout the U.S. in 2025 and beyond.
“Our innovative alkaline battery recycling process produces zero waste products, is circular economy focused and yields clean commodity outputs–creating a truly circular ecosystem,” Shegerian said. “This is a natural progression for us to be able to offer a complementary service to ERI’s existing suite of e-waste, end of life and asset management services.”