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Path to profitability in battery recycling
Despite strong regulatory momentum and rising end-of-life volumes, the European battery recycling industry remains largely unprofitable. High CAPEX requirements, volatile commodity prices, regulatory hurdles and lack of industrialization experience continue to constrain margins. To secure long-term competitiveness, recycling players must transition from compliance-driven operations to scalable, value-creating business models.
This presentation outlines a practical profitability roadmap based on two core levers:
1. Unlocking Additional Value Pools:
Extending battery service life through battery refurbishment and repurposing offer significantly higher value capture than recycling alone. We demonstrate how integrated circular business models stabilize revenues, reduce raw-material dependency, and comply with EU circularity requirements.
2. Driving Cost Efficiency and CO₂ Optimization:
Achieving competitiveness requires systematic cost-down programs—process optimization, automation, scaling, and yield improvements—combined with CO₂ cost management as a strategic differentiator.
This presentation outlines a practical profitability roadmap based on two core levers:
1. Unlocking Additional Value Pools:
Extending battery service life through battery refurbishment and repurposing offer significantly higher value capture than recycling alone. We demonstrate how integrated circular business models stabilize revenues, reduce raw-material dependency, and comply with EU circularity requirements.
2. Driving Cost Efficiency and CO₂ Optimization:
Achieving competitiveness requires systematic cost-down programs—process optimization, automation, scaling, and yield improvements—combined with CO₂ cost management as a strategic differentiator.
