Everything about car (battery) recycling

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On this page, you will find news and insights on the latest developments in car recycling and car battery recycling.

In addition to articles, we regularly publish reports, interviews and columns.

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Fortum’s Role in Building Europe’s Battery Recycling Ecosystem

To understand how Fortum is advancing battery recycling in Europe, we spoke with Jaakko Savolainen, Commercial Director of Business Line Batteries at Fortum. The company is strategically expanding its operations...

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Growing momentum for circular use of plastics from end-of-life vehicles

Global Impact Coalition launches pilot project at car dismantling company Klaas Boer

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The Global Impact Coalition (GIC), in collaboration with eight leading companies from the chemical and recycling sectors —...

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Car recycling in Europe

European Commission fines car manufacturers over recycling cartel

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According to the European Commission, the parties involved made unauthorized agreements over a long period of time regarding,...

Battery Recycling in Europe

Electric Vehicle Batteries: End-of-Life Cycle and Disassembly Challenges

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The journey begins with the extraction of essential materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite from mines...

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Car recycling visualized

From discarded to reused

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An old car still contains valuable parts and materials — more than you might think. Together with its industry partners,...

Circular economy in action

From end-of-life to innovation

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“In 2019, our company embarked on an ambitious journey: to revolutionise the recycling industry and support the flat...

Record proceeds for car collection American car dismantling company

Rudi Klein collection sold for $29.6 million

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Rudi Klein, a German immigrant who arrived in North America in the late 1950s, initially started working as...

Interview Reiner Sojka, CEO of Accurec Recycling GmbH

The Future of Battery Recycling: Challenges, Innovations, and the Impact of EU Regulations

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Accurec specializes in recycling batteries with major chemical systems, such as lithium iron phosphate (LFP), nickel manganese cobalt...

Dana's impact on the Spanish auto recycling industry

What will happen to 120,000 Spanish scrap cars?

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Anyone who has seen footage of the floods in Spain would have noticed the astonishing number of car...

A high flyer in the reuse of parts and material recycling

‘Little thought is given to high-value recycling in the aircraft industry’

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An important goal that abruptly, oddly enough, took flight due to his health situation; due to a brain...

European laws and regulations

Collective position of Producer-Responsible Organisations on proposed European regulations for end-of-life vehicles

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ARN is one of the Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) of a total of 16 countries that are participating...

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