Lithium Australia NL Sustainability and Battery Recycling Strategy
Potential for battery recycling ~ Australia
■ In Australia right now the battery
recycling rate is also very low.
■ With respect to Australian EOL
batteries, around 22,000 tpa¹ are
available for recycling, although most
are not.
■ Volumes of Australian EOL batteries are
expected to exceed 106,000 tonnes per
annum ('tpa') and 218,000 tpa by 2035
and 2040 respectively1.
■ On that basis, and quite aside from
crucial environmental considerations,
the value of the contained metal in EOL
LIBS in Australia alone could be as
much as AU$3 billion per annum by the
year 20362.
tonnes
700 000
600 000
500 000
400 000
300 000
200 000
100 000
2012-13
1 Battery Stewardship Council Report 'Australian
Battery Market Analysis', June 2020.
2 King, S. et al, 2018. CSIRO Report EP181926:
Lithium Battery Recycling in Australia.
August 2020
Raw material
Projected Australian battery end-of-life arisings to 2050.
0
2014-15
2016-17
2018-19
2020-21
2022-23
2024-25
2026-27
Handheld (<5 kg)
BESS & EV
2028-29
2030-31
2032-33
2034-35
2036-37
2038-39
2040-41
2042-43
2044-45
[Source: BSC report: 'Australian Battery Market Analysis', June 2020.]
Lead acid (25 kg)
2046-47
2048-49
Li chemicals
Lithium
Australia
NL
Recycling
Batteries
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