Project description
Sustainable LFP battery waste management
Sustainable and efficient battery recycling is essential for the European Li-ion battery value chain and aligns with the Battery Partnership’s objectives under Horizon Europe. The EU-funded ReUse project aims to improve the sustainability of low-value LFP battery waste. It will develop new recycling processes to recover input elements and components from the entire waste stream. ReUse has specific objectives, including developing automated sorting and disassembly strategies, improving recycling efficiency, directly reusing battery materials, and ensuring sustainability through life cycle assessment, costing, and social impact studies. It aims to create a direct, sustainable recycling process that can work with waste streams of different compositions and quality, increasing the competitiveness of the European battery ecosystem.
Objective
The development of sustainable, safe and efficient processes for battery recycling is crucial to improve the circularity and strategic autonomy of the European Li-ion battery (LiB) value chain, in line with the objectives of the Battery Partnership launched under Horizon Europe.
The objective of the ReUse project is to improve the circularity and sustainability of the entire low-value LFP battery waste stream - from production scrap to end-of-life LiB - by developing new recycling processes that maximize the recovery of input elements and components. Specific objectives include the development of automated sorting and disassembly strategies, the improvement of recycling efficiency and direct reuse of battery materials, and the assurance of sustainability through life cycle assessment, life cycle costing and social impact studies. With a focus on maximizing material recovery, energy efficiency and purity, ReUse will develop a robust, flexible and sustainable direct recycling process for waste streams of varying composition and quality.
The project aims to increase the global competitiveness of the European battery ecosystem in line with the European Strategic Plan for a clean and sustainable transition towards climate neutrality. Building on the BATTERY 2030+ Roadmap and the European Partnership on Batteries, ReUse aims to contribute to the policy needs of the European Green Deal and efficient recycling technologies. The project will address the urgent need to address the shortcomings related to the technological, economic and environmental sustainability of recycling EoL LiBs, especially LFP batteries, which make up 46% of the global LiB market by 2030.
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
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HORIZON.2.5.9 - Energy Storage
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-01
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80686 MUNCHEN
Germany
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