Lithium batteries are becoming more and more popular in the material handling market, just as the supply chain is strengthening recycling services and procurement plans to support a greener energy landscape. Driven by companies to achieve internal sustainable development goals and solve supply chain procurement problems, the business world, which is increasingly focusing on environmental protection, wants to know this. Recycling can help solve these two problems, and the lithium battery recycling business is still in its infancy.
Vincent Caron, head of legal affairs at UgoWork, a lithium battery and energy supplier in Quebec City, Canada, explained: "What is missing is the huge business case for recycling these products a few years ago. He pointed out that lithium batteries are becoming increasingly popular in automotive and material handling applications. Welcome, as a catalyst for change. Now, this is a very, very huge market."
The long history of recycling forklift batteries (especially lead-acid batteries) is also a factor. All forklift batteries are large and complex in chemical composition, and cannot be thrown into the trash at the end of their useful life. Rules and regulations surrounding lead acid have given way to the circular economy of these products; today, they are almost 100 percent recyclable. As the demand for lithium batteries increases, so does the expectation to recycle them. Caron said: "As more and more products enter the market, more and more companies are trying to surpass this demand-some researchers It is predicted that lithium batteries will achieve double-digit growth. Therefore, battery manufacturers and end users have begun to establish partnerships with recyclers to make the circular economy a reality for these increasingly popular products.
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1. İş vakası büyüyor
The demand for lithium battery recycling has been increasing over the past 10 years or so due to the proliferation of personal electronics and recent electric vehicles, all of which rely on advanced battery technology, according to Special Project Manager Peter Geantil.
There are several reasons for this. On the one hand, the design of certain batteries makes it difficult to obtain and extract the lithium and other elements inside. On the other hand, it needs to find a recycler to deal with the "chemical nature" of that particular battery. Lithium batteries have many different battery chemistries, and manufacturers will choose which battery to produce based on their performance in a particular application. Recyclers do not always dispose of all the chemicals on the market, so it is difficult to find the right type of battery to recycle.
2. Altyapı inşaatı devam ediyor
According to the 2020 market report of the research company Grand View Research, the global lithium battery market is worth US32.9 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13 percent from 2020 to 2027. Investors are digging into this area. "cake".
3. Bütünsel yaklaşım kraldır
Battery manufacturers are quick to point out that recycling is only part of the greater drive for decarbonization, and lithium-ion battery technology plays an important role in this process.
EnerSys' Oliveira explained: "We firmly believe that the main challenge for lithium batteries is how to make the industry transition to low carbon emissions more broadly, and lithium technology will become part of this decarbonization process."
Caron and his colleague and marketing director Jean-Francois Marchand agreed and pointed out other considerations when developing a green energy strategy, such as logistics and transportation issues surrounding procurement and scrapping processes.
