making their recycling both viable and commercially valuable.This innovation is a significant step toward a circular battery economy, helping automotive manufacturers meet sustainability targets while reducing dependence on raw material mining.

 A new recycling method turns used EV batteries into fresh materials for new ones — cutting costs and helping the planet.

UK-based company Altilium has successfully recovered 97% of lithium and 99% of graphite from used batteries.

Using its proprietary EcoCathode process, the company efficiently extracts key materials from end-of-life EV batteries and manufacturing scrap, allowing them to be reused in new batteries. This innovation is a significant step toward a circular battery economy, helping automotive manufacturers meet sustainability targets while reducing dependence on raw material mining.

With the rising demand for Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) batteries, Altilium’s process addresses the challenge of making their recycling both viable and commercially valuable.

Currently, the company recycles Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) batteries from leading UK-based automotive manufacturers and has begun processing LFP batteries.

Its ACT2 facility in Plymouth can recover materials from the equivalent of one EV battery per day, while its upcoming Teesside hub is set to become one of Europe’s largest EV battery recycling plants, capable of handling scrap from over 150,000 EVs annually.