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How are batteries being recycled?
To recycle batteries they must be sorted beforehand to ensure, that they are separated into the different chemistries with a subsequent recycling and recovery of the metals and other recoverable materials.

Battery Industry has developed in the mid 90s a sorting technology to enable automatic and cost efficient sorting. Several automatic and semi-automatic sorting facilities are now operating in Europe.

Alkaline and Zinc-Carbon Batteries
Are reycled in metals industry and to recover steel, zinc, ferromanganese etc.

NiCd/NiMH batteries
Are recycled to recover the Cadmium and Nickel, with positive market value.

Li-Ion batteries
Are recycled to recover Cobalt with a positive market value.

Lead-Acid Batteries
Are recycled in Lead industry with positive market value.

Button Cells Silveroxide buttons
Have a positive market value due to silver containing button cells (Alkaline, Zinc-Air). They are recycled to recover the mercury.


Approximately 70% of the batteries collected are recycled today in an existing recycling market in Europe. This rate will increase over the next years.
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