Call2Recycle enters alliance with battery recycler

Atlanta-based Call2Recycle and Montreal-based Lithion Recycling Inc. say they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on providing a recycling collection and handling system for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

“The combination of Lithion’s patented and innovative hydrometallurgical battery recycling process and Call2Recycle’s existing North American collection, transportation and logistics network will make this an ideal comprehensive whole-industry solution,” state the two companies.

The two companies cite “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.

“We have heard from vehicle and EV battery manufacturers that a combination of battery recycling innovation and the logistics expertise of managing the flow of these end-of-service batteries and the scrap material from the manufacturing process is the ultimate win,” says Benoit Couture, president and CEO of Lithion Recycling. “Together, our organizations will be able to provide a best-in-class, full-service solution and fill an important need for the industry, ultimately making it easier to contribute to the circular economy.”

Comments Joe Zenobio, Call2Recycle Canada’s president, “Our organization has a solid track record of managing the end-of-life logistics process and recycling of household and e-mobility batteries in a regulatory compliant manner, and we are excited to augment our full-service management capabilities to the EV sector. This industry is growing at a tremendous pace, and by collaborating with Lithion we feel our mutual expertise is stronger together.”

Remarks Leo Raudys, Call2Recycle United States CEO and president, “The rapid adoption of EVs across North America creates new challenges and opportunities to encourage safe and responsible end-of-life management of those batteries. The agreement with Lithion will set the formal foundation for Call2Recycle’s expansion into electric vehicle battery logistics.”

In 2022, the two organizations say they expect to explore opportunities “for efficient integration for their respective services to collect, transport and recycle batteries from the EV industry across North America.”

Lithion Recycling says its process allows up to 95 percent of lithium-ion battery components to be recovered and treated so they can be reused by battery manufacturers.

Call2Recycle says in the past 25 years it has helped collect for further processing and recycling some 110,000 tons of batteries in North America.