Forest City Facility LLC (Element Resources lead recycling)
Large load · 25102 Liberty Road, PO Box 159, Forest City, MO
Forest City Facility LLC, operated by Element Resources as its Forest City operation, is a lead battery recycling and secondary lead smelting plant at 25102 Liberty Road in Forest City, Holt County, Missouri. The plant uses four pot furnaces and a blast furnace to smelt recoverable lead waste.
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Overview
Forest City Facility uses four pot furnaces and a blast furnace to smelt the recoverable lead waste, which is then resold as secondary lead. Each year the plant recycles approximately 2 million lead batteries and processes approximately 35,000 tons of lead.
Profile
- Ownership
- In July 2020, Exide Technologies sold the Canon Hollow Facility to Battery BidCo LLC and changed the facility name to Forest City Facility LLC. Forest City Facility LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Battery BidCo.
- Permits
- The Forest City Facility is operating under two hazardous waste permits, one issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and one issued by EPA. Missouri hazardous waste Part 1 Class 2 Permit Modification MOD030712822 is dated September 16, 2025.
- Site and workforce
- The Forest City Facility site is located on approximately 370 acres at 25102 Liberty Road in Forest City. Since opening in 1976 the plant has supported approximately 100 employees.
Facility
- Activity
- Recycles lead-acid batteries and other lead-bearing wastes to recover lead
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Apr 22, 2026
Permits and agreements
- Permit
- Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part 1 Class 2 Permit Modification MOD030712822