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Ecobat, reportedly the world’s largest recycler of batteries, will construct its third lithium-ion battery recycling facility—and its first in North America—in Casa Grande, Ariz.
The power is meant to initially produce an estimated 10,000 tons of recycled materials per 12 months, with plans to develop capability to fulfill the growing have to recycle lithium-ion batteries from the rising numbers of electrical automobiles.
The Casa Grande facility will repurpose lithium-ion batteries reaching the tip of their helpful lives, by a course of together with sorting, shredding and separation “to supply a concentrated black mass containing the dear supplies in lithium-ion batteries,” Ecobat defined in a ready assertion.
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The power might be about 1 mile from an current Ecobat Sources Arizona facility, which has been manufacturing battery anodes for 15 years.
Casa Grande is in Pinal County, about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.
Ecobat relies in Dallas, however has a number of operational websites worldwide. In 2021, its lead battery recycling enterprise totally recycled 70 million automobile batteries. The corporate already operates lithium-ion battery recycling services in Germany and the U.Ok.
Electrical mecca
With the addition of the Ecobat facility, Arizona has grow to be a central hub of vitality storage and recycling applied sciences, Sandra Watson, president & CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, commented in ready remarks.
She isn’t incorrect. Final summer season, for instance, high-tech battery producer KORE Energy introduced plans to construct a 2 million-square-foot, $1.25 billion lithium-ion battery gigafactory in Buckeye, Ariz. The corporate had beforehand supposed to construct “solely” a 1 million-square-foot facility on the 214-acre website 40 miles from Phoenix.