Closing the loop: sustainable battery recycling from research to reality

Batteries are essential to our clean‑energy future, yet the path to producing them is far from clean; the Swedish Environmental Research Agency calculated that each kWh of batteries produced generates the equivalent of 150 to 200 kg of CO₂. At the same time, extracting key materials such as lithium demands vast amounts of water and can place significant strain on surrounding ecosystems.

As the world accelerates toward electrification, the urgency to rethink how we source and manage these materials has never been greater. This has sparked a major push toward circular, low‑impact battery systems – ones that prioritise recyclability, recover critical minerals from spent cells, and regenerate high‑value materials like cathodes. Although the field has made meaningful progress, scaling these innovations globally remains a central challenge.

Join us for an illuminating session with two organisations working at the forefront of this transition. During this webinar we will:

• Discuss some of the major challenges to battery recycling
• Learn about the ReLib project, a multi-university collaboration providing thought leadership and technological solutions to the challenges of re-using and recycling lithium-ion batteries
• Hear from Altilium, a clean technology group already recycling EV batteries to produce battery-grade materials with its own proprietary process