en.Wedoany.com Reported, Germany's tozero company has launched Europe's first industrial-scale battery recycling plant in the Gendorf Chemical Park, Bavaria. The facility, which took only six months from construction to operation, has the capacity to process approximately 1,500 tons of solid waste treatment annually, marking a crucial step for Europe in the field of battery material recycling.

The Munich-based company stated that its recycling technology can extract about 80% of key raw materials from end-of-life batteries, including lithium, graphite, nickel, and cobalt. The recovered products include battery-grade lithium carbonate, as well as graphite and nickel-cobalt mixtures that can be directly used in battery manufacturing, helping to enhance the autonomy of Europe's battery supply chain.

Europe's stockpile of used batteries continues to grow, but the previous lack of large-scale recycling and extraction capacity led to a high dependence on imported battery materials. This plant aims to alleviate this situation by converting waste into local supply.

Sarah Fleischer, co-founder and CEO of tozero, said: "Europe currently lacks the key technologies needed to support the energy transition and the expansion of the battery industry. Our technology has achieved a ten-thousand-fold scale-up and is changing this situation by recycling end-of-life batteries at an industrial level and extracting materials."

The demonstration plant is planned to serve as a blueprint for building a comprehensive commercial facility before 2030, with future annual processing capacity expected to increase to tens of thousands of tons. As lithium demand is projected to grow significantly by the end of this decade and European graphite demand is also set to rise, securing the supply of battery materials has become a focal point for the industry.

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