ADA Carbon Solutions

Gopher Resource

Sector Sustainability Infrastructure
Location Minnesota, Florida
Status Current
Date of investment March 2018

A North American recycler of lead-acid batteries

Gopher’s facilities have low cost profiles and its Eagan, MN plant has a 70+ year track record of reliable production and continuous improvement. The business is highly contracted and most of Gopher’s volumes are fixed, multi-year “fee-for-service” contracts wherein Gopher recycles customer-owned batteries for a fee. This generates contracted revenue insulated from commodity price risk. Most of Gopher’s customer relationships are multi-decade, operating in a closed-loop system wherein customers deliver used batteries to Gopher facilities and receive recycled lead.

 

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In March 2018, ECP acquired Gopher Resource, who operates two major recycling facilities in Eagan, MN and Tampa, FL.

Due to environmental regulations, no primary lead is smelted in the U.S. today. Instead, lead for new batteries, the primary use of lead, is predominantly sourced from recyclers such as Gopher. Lead can be recycled an infinite number of times.

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