Li-Cycle from Canada has announced a recycling partnership with an unnamed “leading premium automotive manufacturer.” The agreement covers the recycling of lithium-ion battery materials at Li-Cycleʼs German facility. Through the collaboration, the company will receive feedstock for the recycling process from a production facility for electric vehicles within the EU.
According to the Canadian battery recycler, the new partnership will ensure the supply of recyclable materials to the Magdeburg plant in Germany. However, no specific details were given regarding the quantities and duration of the collaboration. The German spoke plant was commissioned by Li-Cycle in 2023. The company operates several such plants, which process waste from battery production and used batteries into black mass – a material containing valuable metals such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt. Further processing into battery raw materials will then take place at intended hub plants. The companyʼs goal is to use this infrastructure to create a closed supply chain for battery materials.
