06 · COLLECTION & RECOVERY
The next life is local.
Use an authorised electronics reuse or recycling route. Keep the built-in battery with the device unless serviced by a qualified repair provider. Verify local programme acceptance.
Aluminium
Beverage cans often have a collection or deposit route. Other aluminium objects may require a scrap-metal service.
Battery
Use a programme that accepts the identified battery type. Lithium and rechargeable batteries need dedicated handling, away from household trash and ordinary recycling.
Electronic assembly
Use a dedicated electronics collection route. Remove personal data when applicable and follow the collection service’s battery instructions.
Electronic assembly
Use a dedicated electronics collection route. Remove personal data when applicable and follow the collection service’s battery instructions.
DOCUMENTED INDUSTRY EXAMPLE
Battery to black mass to recovered metals
Fortum names Ikaalinen mechanical processing and Harjavalta hydrometallurgical recovery. Battery manufacturers receiving the recovered metals are not named.
Lithium-ion industrial recovery example. This is not household collection acceptance or this item’s destination.2 sources behind this section
DOCUMENTED INDUSTRY EXAMPLE
EV battery preparation and black-mass production
BASF reports commercial black-mass production at Schwarzheide and a 2026 services agreement with TSR/BLC. No individual shipment or downstream metal-refining destination is assigned.
EV batteries and production scrap. Nameplate capacity is not a measured recycling quantity.2 sources behind this section
3 sources behind this section
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