Blue Whale Materials partners with Call2Recycle for Li-ion battery recycling in North America

Lithium-ion battery recycling firm Blue Whale Materials (BWM) has formed a strategic partnership with Call2Recycle, a battery stewardship organization in North America.

BWM’s sorting and recycling facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma will receive and process batteries brought into Call2Recycle’s national network, which collects spent batteries across the US. The facility is already operational for sorting and testing and will start processing in mid-2025. The organizations will work to secure a consistent feedstock of spent batteries.

BWM’s processing technology turns end-of-life Li-ion consumer, EV batteries and production scrap from gigafactories into a high concentration, low-impurity, dry Blacksand mixed metal product that is optimized for hydrometallurgical refining.

“This collaboration will allow Blue Whale Materials to support Call2Recycle’s collection network and expand our ability to meet the growing demand for responsible lithium-ion battery recycling,” said Robert Kang, co-founder and CEO of Blue Whale Materials. “We’re ensuring that Blue Whale Materials has access to the feedstock necessary to drive our long-term mission of supporting a sustainable and secure battery supply chain.”

Source: Blue Whale Materials