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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Official reaction ARN on behalf of the Auto Recycling Foundation to new European regulations on end-of-life vehicles

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The European Commission has presented a proposal for new regulations on end-of-life vehicles. The aim of this initiative...

Recycling contribution for cars continues to decline

Vehicle-recycling fees and management fees for car batteries in 2023

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The recycling fee is levied so that all vehicles in the Netherlands can be properly recycled at the...

Less frequently second life for car batteries

Fewer end-of-life EV-batteries reused in 2022

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There are several reasons for this drop in the second use of such batteries. For example, lithium-ion car...

Recycling contribution for cars continues to decline

Recycling fee for cars and management fees for car batteries in 2024 announced

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Auto Recycling Netherlands (ARN) has today announced that from 1 January, 2024 the recycling fee for passenger cars...

Ceremony of the company’s first battery-swapping station in Tilburg

New automotive brand affiliates with ARN to process batteries

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NIO drivers can now exchange an empty automotive battery for a full one in the power-swap station. The...

Floods and end-of-life vehicles

Climate change, what will it mean for car recycling?

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The number of natural disasters has been increasing since 1980. More and more companies and individuals are now...

Plastic recycling: how to stimulate the reuse of plastics from end-of-life cars

Plastics in today’s cars will still be used in car parts 20, 30 and even 40 years’ time

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Plastic components constitute a large percentage of every car. And that percentage is increasing. Whereas the average ELV...

IARC 2022

Recycling EV batteries: the 5 biggest opportunities and challenges

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During the next few years, the demand for raw materials needed for the production of lithium-ion EV batteries...

Outstanding chain partner Michel Poets from Oilco and Veolia

Recycling of oil filters

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Oilco collects and recylces oil filters, oil-containing waste and waste oil, among other things. Poets: “Because of my...

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