Lithium-ion Battery Recycling

A Princeton University recycling startup has gone live with a pilot program in partnership with Wistron Ares, and Cirba Solutions has received a federal grant for a new facility to drive domestic lithium-ion battery recycling.

Princeton NuEnergy opened a pilot direct lithium-ion battery recycling line in Texas on Oct. 25, debuting a plasma-based recycling process that allows cathode-to-cathode and anode-to-anode recycling without chemical leaching.

The technology is installed at the McKinney, Texas facility of Wistron Green Technologies, Wistron's electronics recycling subsidiary. The company believes that the patented plasma-assisted recycling process can recover cathode and anode materials of sufficient purity to be reintroduced directly into battery manufacturing at half the cost and with less waste than conventional methods.