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The Most Successful, Yet Little Known, Recycling Program Since the 1950s Has Evergreen Roots

The Most Successful, Yet Little Known, Recycling Program Since the 1950s Has Evergreen Roots

  • Chris Pruitt
  • East Penn Manufacturing

Sustainability has been the driving force behind our Evergreen® company, East Penn Manufacturing, since DeLight Breidegam, Jr. and his father, DeLight Sr., founded the company in 1946.

When DeLight Jr. returned home to rural Pennsylvania after serving in the Air Force in WWII, he and his father noticed the shortage of materials available to manufacture batteries and began collecting and rebuilding old batteries to meet the post-war demand. For DeLight Jr., who was raised during the depression, recycling in this way was common sense.

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