Toyota Motor Europe Signs Battery Recycling Deal

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has signed a three-year framework agreement with the Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux (SNAM), a French company involved in battery recycling operations throughout Europe. According to the agreement, SNAM will take back and recycle all the nickel-metal hydride batteries generated by used in Toyota vehicles throughout Europe.

SNAM has agreed to ensure the process for the treatment of NiMH batteries through the optimal recycling channels will ensure the maximum output on secondary raw materials.

The agreement between TME and SNAM also ensures recovered NiMH batteries can be taken back from any of Toyota’s European operations, including Toyota’s European head office in Belgium, any of the company’s nine manufacturing facilities in seven countries, 30 national marketing and sales companies (NMSCs), more than 3,000 Toyota and Lexus dealerships, as well as any authorized end-of-life vehicle treatment operator.

On a national level, SNAM will provide all required documentation to NMSCs, such as reports on recycling efficiency) to ensure accurate and timely reporting to national authorities in accordance with the Battery Directive.
SNAM was formed as an subsidiary of the metallurgical industry in 1981, and from the 1990s has established itself as a recycling company.