The electric vehicle battery recycling business remains in flux, but reasons for optimism remain.

Editor’s Note: End markets will be featured in sessions at the 2026 Resource Recycling Conference, Feb. 23-25 in San Diego, California. The new owners of an Iowa roofing material facility have reopened the plant nearly a year after it shut down, aiming to capitalize on regional and national upcycling trends to gain market share. ReCB Iowa LLC opened its Des Moines production...

This article appeared in the March 2025 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. The potential merger of U.S. Steel, one of the country’s largest users of recycled metal, with other major steel companies could change the industry’s global landscape. But when it comes to immediate impact on local scrappers and municipal collection programs, mergers and acquisitions...