Portions of the former Exide lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon are now wrapped in scaffolding and white plastic sheeting. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) By Tony Barboza Staff Writer .

Exide’s battery plants have left a similar legacy of pollution and health concerns across the country. Since 2012, the company has closed or halted lead recycling operations in Pennsylvania and ...

Exide Technologies has been allowed to abandon its former battery-recycling plant in Vernon, leaving the state -- and taxpayers -- on the hook to pay for continued environmental cleanup of the site.

In dramatic and embarrassing contrast, it took a threat of federal criminal action to finally close the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon last year, which had been operating for years without ...

The Exide plant recycled 11 million lead-acid batteries a year until it was forced to shut down in 2015. Before that, Exide had operated on temporary permits for more than 30 years.

VERNON >> Exide Technologies, a car-battery recycling plant spewing toxic chemicals into neighborhoods and Southern California roadways for years, agreed to permanently close and pay $52.5 million ...

When Exide agreed to close the lead-acid battery recycling plant, it committed to pay $50 million for cleanup of the site and surrounding neighborhoods. Of that amount, $26 million is meant to be ...

Battery maker Exide is plowing ahead with efforts to walk away from contaminated sites in 10 states through bankruptcy, over a challenge from authorities in California, home to some of the company ...

Battery maker Exide Technologies has returned to bankruptcy protection for a third and likely final time, with bondholders poised to take over its European and Asia-Pacific operations.

Exide Technologies’ battery recycling plant in Frisco is expected to close by Dec. 31, ending a years-long battle by the city and residents for a cleaner environment.

Toxic waste remains in the soil and sediment around the former Exide lead battery plant, at levels that could pose a health risk. That claim — long argued by Berks County officials — has been ...