Lithium Battery Recycling (Where To Take a Dead Battery)

Redwood Materials works with Tesla to recycle their electric vehicle batteries and recover strategic materials (lithium, nickel, copper, gold…). The company is located in Nevada.

You can send or drop off your dead lithium batteries directly at their factory.

• Contact: [email protected]  
• Location: 2401 Conestoga Dr., Carson City, NV 89706

Retrievetech is a global leader in battery recycling and management with 20 years of experience in lithium battery recycling and materials recovery. They have dedicated customer service that will assist you to prepare your battery for recycling.

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• Location: 265 Quarry Rd SE, Lancaster, OH 43130

KBI is a major player in lithium battery recycling. They have more than 40 years of experience in recycling batteries and catalytic converters. They recycle all types of lithium batteries including solar batteries. Their proprietary recycling technologies ensure a high level of material recovery and compliance with environmental and safety procedures.

• Contact: https://www.kbirecycling.com/contact-us
• Location: 125 E Commercial St, Anaheim, CA 92801​

OnTo Technology is an expert in the whole lithium battery recycling process: from battery deactivation to material recovery to producing new cathode material. They use a patented technology developed by their team of scientists.  

• Contact : [email protected]
• Location: 63221 Service Rd Suite F, Bend, OR 97703

American Battery Technology Company has developed a closed-loop recycling process to separate and recover all critical metals from used lithium batteries.  They also refine the recovered metals to battery-grade standards which are then put back into the battery manufacturing industry.

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• Location: Nevada

Battery Resourcers is producing cathode material for lithium batteries, with all material sourced from recycling. They offer recycling services, with a closed-loop process, that can recover 97% of the lithium battery metals. Their team of professionals will guide you to prepare your shipment (packaging and documentation).

• Contact: [email protected]
• Location: 54 Rockdale St, Worcester, MA, 01606

TechDump recycles all types of electronics including solar batteries. You could either bring your old lithium battery to one of their drop-off points (3$/lbs) or schedule a pick-up.

• Contact: https://www.techdump.org/contact-us/
• Location: 860 VANDALIA STREET, ST PAUL, MN 55114

Call2Recycle is the leading consumer battery recycling program in the US. They benefit from a vast network of thousands of collection points, scattered all over the country. You could either drop off your battery for free at one of the many convenient locations across the US or ship your lithium battery to them.

(Note that they only accept batteries below 800Wh.)

• Contact: [email protected]
• Location: Check their website for the nearest collect point to your house

Enirgi offers a single-point contact for all recyclable battery types including used lithium batteries for energy storage. You could either drop off your used solar battery at one of their collection points scattered all over the country or schedule a pick-up.

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• Location: 1-3 Lakewood Boulevard, Braeside VIC 3195, Australia

TES is a global leader in electronic waste recycling. They operate in more than 30 countries – they repurpose and recycle lithium batteries for energy storage. Their main factory in Singapore uses their proprietary process, recognized for its high recovery rate (90%) and purity (>99%) of the recycled materials.

• Contact : [email protected]
• Location: 1 Marple Avenue, Villawood NSW 2163
  PO Box 448
  Chester Hill NSW 2162, Australia

ECOBATT is Australia’s leader in battery recycling. They are specialized in the safe collection, processing, and recycling of battery products. You can either drop off your lithium battery at one of their collection points scattered all over the country or contact them for a pick-up.

• Contact: [email protected]
• Location: 5-11 Reo Crescent Camp bellfield VIC 3061

Envirostream was created in 2017 with the ambition of becoming a leader in lithium battery recycling. Their proprietary recycling process, allows them to recover up to 95% of all metals used in a lithium battery. They have designed a range of battery collection units to ensure a high level of safety during transportation.

To recycle your lithium battery with Envirostream you could either: find a drop-off point or send them your battery in a specially designed collection box.

• Contact: [email protected]
• Location: 606 High Street, Kew, Victoria 3101, Australia

You can recycle your lithium batteries through ECOACTIV online platform. ECOACTIV does not operate a recycling facility, but they will safely transfer your battery to an adequate recycling plant either in Australia or abroad. In addition, they can also recycle electronic waste and solar panels.

• Contact: [email protected]
• Location: Their service is available everywhere in Australia

Li-cycle recently hits the headlines for its efficient recycling process; They claim to recover more than 95% of all materials of a lithium battery. Li-Cycle offers a full-service solution for recycling lithium batteries, including logistics management to safely collect and transfer the dead lithium batteries.

• Contact: [email protected]
• Location:  2351 Royal Windsor Drive, Unit 10, Mississauga, Ontario L5J 4S7, Canada.

VEOLIA is a global player in waste collection and recycling. They offer safe battery packaging and collection. After recycling your battery, Veolia will issue a certificate documenting your batteries were received and managed in accordance with all regulations.

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WasterCare is a national recycling management company that can recycle all types of waste, including lithium batteries. They are able to collect your dead lithium battery at your home thanks to their fleet of more than 100 vehicles.

• Contact: [email protected]
• Location: Richmond House, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1NB

Cawleys offers a full service of waste management (from collection to recycling). Their engineers are trained to deal with high-energy storage systems like lithium batteries. The company works closely with selected partners to recover all materials possible from your solar batteries.

Contact them for the collection of your old lithium batteries

• Contact: https://www.cawleys.co.uk/contacts/
• Location: 1 Covent Garden Close, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8QB

Fenix is specialized in battery collection and recycling. They are a leader in recycling innovation thanks to their own R&D team. They recycle all types of batteries and offer an innovative digital collection system to book a pick-up.

• Contact: https://fenixenv.com/contact-us
• Location: Field street, Willenhall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom