Lithium Australia NL Sustainability and Battery Recycling Strategy
Potential for battery recycling ~ global
2
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Placed on market (‘POM') versus EOL.
POM worldwide, annual, tonnes
17,500,000
14,000,000
10,500,000
7,000,000
3,500,000
Raw material
EOL worldwide, tonnes, by application
3,000,000
2,250,000
1,500,000
750,000
0
0
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Portable
Heavy EV
UPS/back up
| Personal mobility
Industrial
Light EV
IESS
Maritime
Circular Energy Storage
Research and Consulting
Lichemicals
Lithium
Australia
NL
Recycling
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Portable
Heavy EV
UPS/back up
I Personal mobility
Industrial
Maritime
I Light EV
IESS
[Source: Circular Energy Storage, 2020.]
Batteries
Currently, only 9% of the 300,000 tpa of LIBs discarded worldwide are made available for recycling. By
2030, this figure could rise to 2.5 Mtpa of EOL LIBS, an alarming figure if recycling rates remain as they are.
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August 2020
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