Lead battery recycler Ecobat is moving into lithium-ion battery recycling with three facilities, two in Europe and one in the U.S. | Showcake/Shutterstock
Lead battery recycler Ecobat’s first U.S. facility for recycling lithium batteries is being commissioned, and the company is already looking at what comes next. Continue Reading
The Battery-In-Device-Shredder system model 23 safely shreds battery-containing devices. |Courtesy of Gloyd Recycling Solutions
Sending battery-containing devices through the shredder is typically a no-no for several reasons, but manually removing and taping batteries prior to shredding the rest of the device is labor intensive. A newly unveiled processing system addresses the conundrum. Continue Reading
Sensmet’s Micro-Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy on-line analyser can provide real-time feedback on the concentration of metals in black mass. | Courtesy of Sensmet
Seeking to improve how batteries are recycled, Sensmet developed a technology that can provide real-time quantification of metals. Continue Reading
Princeton NuEnergy will use the incoming funds to construct a new facility and buy more equipment. | Courtesy of Princeton NuEnergy
Princeton NuEnergy secured another $16 million from investors, including Wistron and Honda, to scale up its lithium-ion battery recycling technology. Continue Reading
Officials at EPA hope that a clear standard for handling photovoltaic panels will increase the rate at which they are collected and processed. | Heinz Trebuth/Shutterstock
In response to electric power industry requests, the EPA is looking to classify solar panels as universal waste. The agency is also working to create a category of universal waste specifically for lithium-ion batteries. Continue Reading
One goal of the cooperative effort is to scale up ACE Green Recycling’s technology to a commercial level. | Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
ACE Green Recycling and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are working together to advance both lithium-ion battery recycling and the batteries themselves. Continue Reading
Caught in the middle of rising costs, high interest rates and a flagging EV market, Li-Cycle has decided to pump the brakes on its expansion plans. | T. Schneider/Shutterstock
Toronto-based lithium-ion battery recycling startup Li-Cycle announced it is pausing construction of one of its hub facilities, slowing down its expansive growth. Its share prices have fallen in connection. Continue Reading
Fundraising efforts have netted Ascend Elements $542 million, adding to the $480 million the company received from two Department of Energy grants. | Janaka Dharmasena/Shutterstock
Ascend Elements raised a total of $542 million in equity investments to help scale up its lithium-ion battery manufacturing. Continue Reading
First America is now recycling solar panels as it expands into the alternative energy sector. | Courtesy of First America
Metals and electronics recycling company First America is leveraging a handful of partnerships to process material from electric vehicles and other streams. Continue Reading
Industry operators are using fire mitigation technologies and other strategies to keep their facilities covered. | Fradu/Shutterstock
Electronics recycling and reuse companies say insurance has become significantly more expensive and difficult to manage, so they’re employing a number of strategies to cope. Continue Reading