Altilium makes significant changes to battery recycling

Altilium has made a video which portrays the company’s facilities, as well as their goal to use recycling as a way of supplying 50% of the UK’s critical battery materials. The company aims to have accomplished this aim by 2040.

This site is based in Plymouth and it is made up of an 18,000-square-foot ACT 2 facility, which utilises advanced technology in order to successfully and effectively recover more than 95% of cathode metals. The main focus for this site is to extract these materials from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

Altilium has set our four key points which they are continuously focused on, these are ‘massive recycling goals,’ ‘innovative technology,’ ‘top quality materials,’ and finally, ‘industry collaboration.’

In order to accomplish their ‘massive recycling goals,’ the company is working hard in order to provide 50% of lithium and nickel, as well as more than 80% of graphite for use within EV batteries. The deadline for this aim is 2040 and in doing this, the company also hopes to reduce reliance on mining.

Along with their recycling aim, Altilium’s ACT 2 facility in Plymouth is able to effectively recover more than 95% of cathode metals, due to their use of ‘innovative technology.’ Their results of using this process reach an unmatched scale in the UK.

The company’s focus on ‘top quality materials’ is evident through research from Imperial College London, which emphasises how Altilium’s materials easily rival virgin-mined materials. It can be portrayed in the way that these materials provide longer battery life, along with faster charging.

Finally, Altilium has already had success with their ‘industry collaboration’ point, as the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is currently processing the company’s recycled materials and this is a major step forwards for UK battery production.

Altogether, the new initiative which is now underway, supports and aids sustainable practices and it also effectively positions Altilium in a leading position when it comes to producing high-quality battery materials for use within the automotive industry. So far, the products that have been put to use, either match or exceed the performance demonstrated by newly mind resources.

Altilium’s COO and co-founder, Dr. Christian Marston, commented, “The future minerals needed for electrification don’t have to come from mining.”

CTO Dr. Ben Wickham spoke about the facility’s achievements, adding, “It’s really exciting that we’re doing processes in this company at scales that no one in the UK has ever done before.”

CTO at UKBIC, Richard LeCain, mentioned, “As the industry evolves, we want more performance all the time, and we need to deal with the cost of the materials and the supply of the material. Recycling is a big part of that to help alleviate those concerns.”