🌍🔋The Future of Closed-Loop Battery Recycling🔋🌍

As the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to surge, the spotlight is on sustainable battery solutions. One of the leading innovations is closed-loop battery recycling, where end-of-life batteries are transformed back into high-quality battery materials, creating a circular economy.

Redwood Materials has been at the forefront, paving the way with its integrated process of recycling, refining, and re-manufacturing lithium-ion batteries - drastically reducing the need for raw material mining. Kudos to Gavin Mooney on his recent post highlighting their achievements.
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We can learn invaluable lessons from other industrial innovations:

➊ Maximising Recovery Rates: Mercedes-Benz AG' s Kuppenheim plant is said to be achieving recovery rates of up to 96%. https://lnkd.in/dDEQf57t

➋ Reducing Environmental Impact: Innovations in hydrometallurgy and mechanical treatment are leading to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

➌ Scalability & Capacity: Facilities like Altilium Clean Technology's upcoming plant in Teesside aims to provide 30,000 metric tons of low-carbon cathode active materials annually via innovative recycling methods. https://lnkd.in/dyk5WFCs

➍ Processing Black Mass: Companies like Metso and ElectraMet are addressing the need to produce battery-grade materials from black mass. Kudos to Matthew Bird on his recent post highlighting the market supply gap in this regard. https://lnkd.in/dZYxfhJZ

Metso utilises advanced hydro-metallurgical processes to recover high-value battery raw materials, converting them into battery-grade chemicals. Whilst ElectraMet's modular and scalable solutions optimise impurity removal, ensuring that critical materials like lithium, cobalt, and nickel are purified to the high standards necessary for new battery production.
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Check out our knowledge hub for insights relating to battery recycling strategy development. https://lnkd.in/dnPDrPWc

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◙ Li-Ion Safety in Battery Plants
◙ Thermal Runaway Strategy Development
◙ AAM Localisation & Direct Recycling
◙ REACH Compliance

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