Recycling Today Media Group launches the Battery and Critical Metals Recycling Conference

The Recycling Today Media Group, a business unit of GIE Media, Valley View, Ohio, has announced the launch of the Battery and Critical Metals Recycling Conference. Scheduled for June 12-13 in Atlanta, the event serves the ballooning market for environmentally responsible management of end-of-life batteries from electric vehicles, consumer electronics and the rapidly developing stored power sector. 

“The proliferation of electronic consumer goods, industrial and commercial equipment and, increasingly, electric vehicles is creating an enormous flow of end-of-life batteries,” says James Keefe, publisher of the Recycling Today Media Group. “Only a small percentage of these batteries are collected and recycled.

“Our event will examine the issues surrounding battery and critical metals recovery and recycling,” he adds.

Projected demand growth for critical metals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, aluminum and others required for battery production is, in some cases, expected to grow threefold by 2030. This demand-side curve creates a tremendous economic incentive for recovering and marketing the materials from existing batteries, the event organizers say.

End-of-life batteries pose a tremendous threat to society if improperly disposed of. Those that end up in the general waste or traditional recycling streams also have been linked to tragic fires, creating a terrible societal cost in human life and property damage and destruction. Proper recycling of end-of-life batteries safeguards the environment and produces valuable raw materials essential for green power to thrive.

This event is geared to a variety of stakeholders: 

• automobile recyclers;
• battery producers;
• electronics producers;
• electric vehicle producers;
• private equity and other investors;
• recycling companies;
• regulators and legislators;
• scrap metal processors;
• waste management firms; and
• trade associations.

The Battery and Critical Metals Recycling Conference provides a unique opportunity for all stakeholders to gather to discuss the issues and opportunities presented by end-of-life batteries.

The event begins Monday, June 12, with a networking reception. June 13 includes powerful sessions with thought leaders from across North America and the world. Registration information and additional details about the program will be available at www.BatteryRecyclingConference.com as they are confirmed.

A limited number of sponsorship opportunities also are available by contacting rt-sales@gie.net. 

The Recycling Today Media Group publishes Recycling Today, Waste Today and Construction & Demolition Recycling magazines and their associated websites and e-newsletters in addition to organizing the Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference, the MRF Operations Forum, the Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference Europe and Waste Today's Corporate Growth Conference. Visit www.RecyclingTodayEvents.com to learn more about the group's conferences.