Buick Resource Recycling Facility
Large load · 18594 HIGHWAY KK, Boss, MO
The Buick Resource Recycling Facility near Boss, Missouri is a secondary lead smelting plant operated by The Doe Run Co. It recycles lead-acid batteries and other lead-bearing wastes, and the recoverable lead is smelted in one of three furnaces and resold as secondary lead.
Overview
Doe Run currently is operating and conducting corrective action investigations and remediation activities at the site. Doe Run operates a secondary lead smelting plant that recycles lead-acid batteries and other lead-bearing wastes to recover lead, trace metals, sulfuric acid and polyethylene plastic. It also makes detergent grade sodium sulfate crystals from the reclaimed sulfuric acid. Doe Run reports that Resource Recycling annually recycles about 370 million pounds of lead bearing materials, including approximately 8 million recycled lead batteries each year.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- Doe Run's 2025 production at Resource Recycling shifted to blast furnace production due to battery shortage, driving coke usage up and propane and electricity usage down. Doe Run's 2024 sustainability report names Ameren Missouri as its utility provider.
- Ownership
- The Doe Run Resources Corp. does business as The Doe Run Co. Buick Resource Recycling Facility, LLC currently owns the facility, formerly the Buick Smelter. Doe Run is ultimately held by the private, New York-based The Renco Group, Inc.
- Permits
- The Missouri hazardous waste permit Part I took effect 06/23/2026 and expires 06/22/2036. The final permit allows Doe Run to store hazardous waste, treat it in miscellaneous treatment units, and dispose of treated waste in an onsite landfill. In June 2026 the department conditionally approved an eighth landfill cell, allowing a total maximum capacity of 1.2 million cubic yards. Air construction permit 092024-010, a de minimis permit, was issued 09/24/2024.
Facility
- Activity
- secondary lead smelting, recycling lead-acid batteries
- Industry
- Industrial
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Jun 23, 2026
Permits and agreements
- Permit
- Part I Effective Date 06/23/2026 Expiration Date 06/22/2036
- Permit
- construction permit 092024-010 de minimis
Related records
Timeline
- Sep 24, 2024
- Missouri issues de minimis air construction permit 092024-010.
Doe Run - Buick Resource Recycling-Boss, 092024-010 | Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Jun 23, 2026
- Hazardous waste Part I permit takes effect.
Buick Resource Recycling Facility | Missouri Department of Natural Resources