Call2Recycle enters partnership to optimize battery sorting, recycling

Call2Recycle enters partnership to optimize battery sorting, recycling
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Call2Recycle, an Atlanta-based battery recycler, has announced a partnership with Li Industries, a battery recycling technology start-up based in Blacksburg, Virginia, to augment its battery sorting and recycling using Li Industries’ technology. The companies say the partnership will initially focus on commercializing Li Industries’ sorting technology, allowing end-of-life batteries to be more efficiently and accurately sorted by battery chemistry.

Li Industries says its sorting technology automates most of the major tasks associated with identifying battery chemistries so they can be separated for recycling. The technology is recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy as a Phase II Battery Recycling Prize winner and uses machine-learning to identify the physical and chemical nuances of different types of batteries, including lithium-ion, which helps processors optimize recycling efforts. The company says this process speeds up recycling which, in turn, is better economically.

“One key element in optimizing the benefits of recycling is to ensure that we identify and capture as much of the used material as possible,” says Call2Recycle CEO Leo Raudys. “Li Industries’ sorting technology enables us to identify the critical materials in each battery so that we can recover as much reusable material as possible, contributing to the circular economy and keeping it in the North America[n] supply chain.”

Call2Recycle and Li Industries say they will refine their approach to lithium-ion battery processing with the commercialization of its process, expected in 2023, and Li Industries expects its upcoming sorting facility to be fully operational by the end of this year.

“We are honored to be working with America’s leading battery collection program,” says Li Industries co-founder and CEO Dr. Zheng Li. “Call2Recycle’s insights, breadth of operation and footprint will allow us to scale our technology so that we can have a truly significant impact on battery recycling in the U.S.”

Last year, Call2Recycle signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate with Lithion Recycling Inc., Montreal, to provide a recycling collection and handling system for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The two companies cited “various clients within the EV sector, whether at the dealer level, manufacturing or dismantling [stage]” that can tap into the alliance’s projected safety and compliance, training, container arrangement, tracking and storage capability services.

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Source: Recycling Today
Call2Recycle enters partnership to optimize battery sorting, recycling
<![CDATA[Call2Recycle, an Atlanta-based battery recycler, has announced a partnership with Li Industries, a battery recycling technology start-up based in Blacksburg, Virginia, to augment its battery sorting and recycling using Li Industries’ technology. The companies say the partnership will initially focus on commercializing Li Industries’ sorting technology, allowing end-of-life batteries to be more efficiently and accurately sorted by battery chemistry.Li Industries says its sorting technology automates most of the major tasks associated with identifying battery chemistries so they can be separated for recycling. The technology is recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy as a Phase II Battery Recycling Prize winner and uses machine-learning to identify the physical and chemical nuances of different types of batteries, including lithium-ion, which helps processors optimize recycling efforts. The company says this process speeds up recycling which, in turn, is better economically.“One key element in optimizing the benefits of recycling is to ensure that we identify and capture as much of the used material as possible,” says Call2Recycle CEO Leo Raudys. “Li Industries’ sorting technology enables us to identify the critical materials in each battery so that we can recover as much reusable material as possible, contributing to the circular economy and keeping it in…