ITAD firm AER Worldwide announced that Andrew Parlier is the company’s new director of operations.

Argonne National Laboratory‘s ReCell Center hosted an industry collaboration meeting that highlighted battery recycling partnerships. The ReCell Center brings together industry, academia and national laboratories and is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office. 

Digital watermark supplier Digimarc rolled out an updated version of its Digimarc Recycle software, adding several new features including the ability to work with graphics processing units, which are common in artificial intelligence applications.

Manufacturer Full Circle Lithium released a fire extinguisher specifically designed for putting out lithium-ion battery fires, selling for $1,300 on Amazon.

Hyundai has selected Quebec-based Lithion Technologies as its primary partner for collecting EV batteries for recycling through Hyundai’s more than 250 dealerships in Canada. 

Molg received $5.5 million in seed funding from Closed Loop Partners to scale up its circular manufacture of electronics and electrical components.