Batteries

| Following the publication of its ‘An EPR of Everything, Starting with Batteries’ white paper, CIWM has called for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for batteries (and products containing batteries) and a targeted deposit return scheme (DRS).

| A team of scientists 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: eleven mines and 57 recycling plants fewer could be needed.

| BASF and WHW Recycling GmbH have entered an agreement on the processing of cathode and anode waste.

| Lion Vision has developed a system that combines machine vision systems with machine learning techniques to detect, visualise and remove lithium-ion batteries and other hazardous items from the waste stream.

| To zero, a Munich-based company, marks a significant industry breakthrough with the first commercial delivery of recycled lithium derived from battery waste using their proprietary hydrometallurgy process.

| Elemental Strategic Metals and Ascend Elements have announced the formation of AE Elemental, a joint venture based in Zawiercie, Poland.