TechXplore

APRIL 22, 2024

Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative. In addition, the electrolyte could facilitate both production and recycling of the batteries.

Lithium 330

Lithium Batteries Recycling Recycling 330

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond citric acid need to be added to leach out and separate over 99 % of the lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese metals contained in NCM batteries.

Recycling 114

Recycling Recycling Batteries Recycled materials 114

Charged

JANUARY 7, 2025

US battery materials manufacturer Ascend Elements is commissioning a new lithium carbonate recovery line at its battery recycling facility in Covington, Georgia in 2025 to start producing 99% pure lithium carbonate (LiCO) recovered from used lithium-ion batteries.

Lithium 111

Lithium Carbon Recycling Recycling 111

Energy Storage News

APRIL 2, 2024

Big investments are being made into the battery recycling sector in Europe as the continent looks to increase the domestic supply of critical materials for its lithium-ion gigafactory projects.

Recycling 338

Recycling Recycling Europe Batteries 338

Energy Storage News

JANUARY 14, 2025

Battery recycling firm Livium, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Envirostream Australia, has partnered with Chinese battery manufacturer Hithium Energy to recycle lithium-ion batteries from Lightsource bps Woolooga solar-plus-storage site in Queensland.

Recycling 290

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 290

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Solid-state batteries differ from lithium-ion batteries in that the latter uses a liquid electrolyte. The promise of the solid electrolyte is increased energy density, and a solid-state battery can be up to 10 times that of a lithium-ion unit of the same size. ” .” ”

Logistics 288

Logistics Energy Energy Batteries 288

Charged

JANUARY 12, 2025

Ace Green Recycling , a provider of sustainable battery recycling technology, has secured a site in Mundra, Gujarat, to build what it says will be Indias largest battery recycling facility. Ace plans to establish 10,000 metric tons per year of LFP battery recycling capacity in India by 2026. Source: Ace Green Recycling

Recycling 98

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 98

Charged

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Mercedes-Benz has opened its own EV battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, which uses an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process to recover raw materials. The downstream hydrometallurgical process extracts cobalt, nickel and lithium from the black mass for use in the production of new battery cells.

Recycling 116

Recycling Recycling Batteries Logistics 116

altenergymag

JULY 26, 2021

-Acquisition expands Ecobat's position in Europe as the leader in recycling batteries of all chemistries -Combined capabilities position Ecobat as the only service provider across Europe to offer the full suite of lithium-ion recycling services

Lithium 197

Lithium Recycling Recycling Europe 197

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2022

Brine pools for lithium mining. The lithium battery economy, driven largely by the growing electrical vehicle market, presents opportunities for water and wastewater businesses across the value chain, according to a new report from BlueTech Research. Recycling growth. Water reduction.

Lithium 264

Lithium Batteries Recycling Recycling 264

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A new corps of startups have different methods, but the same goal: Avoid the environmental and human impacts of lithium mining.

Recycling 351

Recycling Recycling Lithium Batteries 351

Charged

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

New research carried out by Imperial College London indicates that recycled EV battery materials produced by UK-based Altilium can match the performance of mined materials. Minor changes observed during testing affirmed the recycled CAMs chemical and physical robustness. Source: Altilium

Recycling 115

Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Batteries 115

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The commonly held view that lithium-ion batteries are not being recycled is not true. China recycled around 67,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries last year, or 69 percent of all the stock available for recycling worldwide, according to Hans Eric Melin, founder of U.K.-based 'Long tail' of recycling hopefuls.

Lithium 188

Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 188

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

To help meet this challenge, a small start-up business in Finland, Sensmet, has developed an online monitoring technology that it says promises a step-change improvement in both the manufacturing and recycling of battery metals. Consequently, there are enormous demands for lithium production to be efficient, high-quality and fast.

Energy Monitor 246

Energy Monitor Lithium Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 246

TechXplore

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium in electric car batteries.

Recycling 296

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 296

TechXplore

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond citric acid need to be added to leach out and separate over 99% of the lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese metals contained in NCM batteries.

Lithium 188

Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 188

Charged

JANUARY 31, 2025

US battery recycling technology firms Redivivus and Re-New-Able Technologies have partnered to establish a scalable lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Illinois. Re-New-Able is leading the project, using Redivivus’s Redi-Shred recycling technology.

Recycling 103

Recycling Recycling Batteries Logistics 103

TechXplore

AUGUST 27, 2024

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, in cell phones, computers, electric vehicles, and even toys, to name only a few places. They have become an integral part of our everyday lives.

Lithium 219

Lithium Batteries Recycling Recycling 219

Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Li-Cycle is exploring "strategic alternatives" after pausing work on its main recycling facility in New York following soaring project costs while industry peer AquaMetals claims to Energy-Storage.news that its facility is 60% cheaper to build.

Recycling 241

Recycling Recycling Lithium Energy 241

TechXplore

JULY 9, 2024

Rechargeable solid-state lithium batteries are an emerging technology that could someday power cell phones and laptops for days with a single charge.

Batteries 298

Batteries Recycling Recycling Lithium 298

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

University of Leicester scientists have developed a technique for sustainably extracting valuable metals from a waste product of used batteries with a mix of water and cooking oil.

Batteries 326

Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling 326

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Shops that sell large volumes of batteries have to provide a battery recycling collection. The Scottish government-funded circular economy advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is reminding Scots that they should recycle batteries separately to other household waste after a new survey revealed a quarter of people dispose of them incorrectly.

Recycling 246

Recycling Recycling Batteries Waste 246

TechXplore

JUNE 24, 2024

Stephan von Delft from the University of Münster has been looking at what effects different strategies for achieving a circular economy with lithium, cobalt and nickel for electric vehicles will have on the demand for materials in Europe. Their conclusion is that 11 mines and 57 fewer recycling plants could be needed.

Recycling 201

Recycling Recycling Lithium Electric vehicle 201

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2022

As we enter the warmer months, waste and recycling sites are increasingly vulnerable to fire. Instead, they are often simply thrown in with general household waste or recycling. After a fire, operational downtime can be crippling to a waste and recycling business. James Mountain offers pointers on fire safety.

Waste 264

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 264

Charged

JUNE 24, 2024

Lithium Australia’s subsidiary Envirostream Australia has signed an exclusive agreement with Volvo Group Australia’s bus division to recycle end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from its electric and hybrid fleet. Source: Lithium Australia

Lithium 112

Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 112

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. The industry needs to make the process of EV battery production, use, reuse and recycling much more efficient. Lithium-ion batteries are clearly a candidate for such innovative circular thinking. .

Electric vehicle 387

Electric vehicle Batteries Electricity Recycling 387

TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A University of Sheffield professor has contributed to a new report calling for a national materials strategy that addresses the rising demand for critical materials.

Demand 222

Demand Lithium Recycling Recycling 222

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2021

The University of Birmingham has purchased a laboratory-scale rare earth roll separator for its School of Metallurgy and Minerals lithium-ion battery recycling research facility. Technology plays a key role in the successful management of secondary materials such as lithium-ion batteries.

Lithium 130

Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 130

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Battery recycling company Redwood Materials is to take on the decommissioning of a 4.6MWh stationary storage plant on the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i.

Recycling 229

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 229

GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

That trend is the motivation for a "significant strategic investment" this week — the amount isn’t being disclosed — by investment firm Closed Loop Partners in ERI, the largest IT recycling and refurbishment company in the United States. . percent of electronics are collected, refurbished or recycled worldwide. For comparison, the U.S.

Waste 544

Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 544

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Professor Slater of the University of Birmingham said: “The challenge is no longer about recycling. DRX materials are seen as a promising alternative to the regular layered structure of conventional cathode materials, as they increase the capacity of the cathode, allowing development of higher energy density rechargable Lithium ion batteries.

Upcycling 262

Upcycling Batteries Recycling Recycling 262

TechXplore

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A new Fraunhofer ISI Lithium-Ion battery roadmap focuses on the scaling activities of the battery industry until 2030 and considers the technological options, approaches and solutions in the areas of materials, cells, production, systems and recycling.

Lithium 158

Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 158

Canary Media

AUGUST 23, 2024

A big facility for recycling lithium-ion batteries is now operating in Central Ohio, where workers are busy salvaging and repurposing the metals and minerals needed to drive the clean energy transition. On Thursday, Cirba Solutions officially opened its expanded battery recycling plant in Lancaster — making it the…

Recycling 143

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 143

altenergymag

OCTOBER 13, 2022

-Li-Cycle’s fourth Spoke recycling facility in North America has capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries per year -The Spoke can recycle the equivalent of batteries required for approximately 20,000 EVs per year and has the ability to directly process full EV battery packs

Recycling 138

Recycling Recycling North America Batteries 138

Living Green Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Are Used Lithium Batteries Recyclable? Batteries are considered hazardous because of the metals and other toxic materials they contain. Most batteries are put into rubbish bins and then taken to landfill sites where they decay and leak.

Recycling 96

Recycling Recycling Lithium Batteries 96

Charged

MARCH 19, 2025

UK battery recycling firm Altilium has agreed to supply Australia-based battery anode and advanced materials company Talga with graphite for use in EV battery products. Under the agreement, Altilium proposes to supply Talga with up to 16,000 tonnes of recycled graphite over three years starting in 2026.

Recycling 52

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 52

Charged

JULY 26, 2022

Albemarle , a specialty chemical firm, has announced a new lithium production plant in Antofagasta, Chile, which it says will be its third chemical conversion plant. According to Albemarle, “the plant is expected to double lithium production.”

Lithium 145

Lithium Recycling Recycling Investment 145