REDIVIUM Australia announces its partnership with ECOWES (a battery collection and recycling company in Romania) and the SNRB Association (an extended producer responsibility organization in Romania). The partners will conduct a detailed feasibility study to assess the viability of implementing a lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Romania with an initial capacity of 10 tons per day, using Redivium's licensed recycling technology, which is already in use in countries such as Germany. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Thus, on February 1, the National Association of Battery Recycling Systems (SNRB), together with ECOWES and REDIVIUM Australia, held a press conference during which they presented their first investment, worth over €40 million, in a lithium-ion battery recycling facility, which gives Romania a pioneering role in Central and Eastern Europe. The event took place at the Palace of Parliament, under the patronage of the Romanian Senate's Committee on Communications, Information Technology, and Artificial Intelligence. The event was attended by representatives of the environmental committees of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, the Prime Minister's Office, as well as representatives of the Association of Local Public Administrators in Romania. Representing REDIVIUM Australia were: Mr. Brett Salt – CEO Redivium, Mr. Michael O'Leary-Collins – Executive Director Europe, Dr. James Gunn – Director – European Operations and External Affairs, Mr. Hrvoje Katičić – Chief Financial Officer – Europe, Mr. Farhan Mohammed – Director – Engineering Europe, and Mr. Aljoša Antolin – Director – Business Development. Mr. Eric Ruyters, Secretary General, participated on behalf of EUCOBAT (the pan-European association of organizations responsible for the management of waste batteries and accumulators). Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Preliminary discussions on entering into this partnership began in 2022. This process included a visit to the Primobius GmbH recycling plant in Hilchenbach, Germany. The partners have extensive experience in the field of batteries and accumulators, particularly with regard to programs and processes for the treatment and recycling of used batteries. ECOWES currently operates a battery sorting line and two facilities for treating alkaline and Li batteries from both the population and the dismantling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
The SNRB Association currently has over 920 members in Romania, operates over 5,000 collection points nationwide, and is a founding member and member of the Board of Directors of EUCOBAT (the European association of national producer responsibility systems for batteries and accumulators). This agreement with REDIVIUM to implement a Li battery recycling facility gives partners direct access to a sustainable industrial-scale battery recycling solution, making ECOWES and the SNRB Association strategic partners in REDIVIUM-licensed regions.
Under the agreement, REDIVIUM and its partners have committed to working together to complete a feasibility study for the implementation of a battery recycling facility with an initial capacity of 10 tons per day.
This partnership for a recycling facility between REDIVIUM and its partners adds to the Redivium facilities designed in the UK with G&P Battery Recycling Ltd (GPBR) and in Serbia with Metalfer Group (Metalfer).
In the current geopolitical context, the event aimed to present the advantages and opportunities of this partnership for Romania, as well as to bring to the attention of all actors the need for collaboration between all parties involved in the management of waste batteries and accumulators.
