Yep, Recycled Vehicle Battery Packs Are a Thing Now

The latest news from recell.store, who are helping companies meet their ESG and Net Zero targets;

recell.store, the UK’s first online marketplace for used EV batteries and an Altilium company, has today announced a partnership with Zenith, the UK’s largest independent truck-to-car vehicle leasing and fleet management company, to develop a comprehensive solution for the safe and sustainable disposal of fleet damaged and end-of-life EV batteries.

The agreement underlines both companies’ commitment to supporting the UK’s transition to net zero and the decarbonisation of the automotive industry. Zenith is already committed to eliminating tailpipe emissions and through this new initiative will work with recell.store to deliver further carbon savings.

Under the terms of the MOU, recell.store will collaborate closely with Zenith to manage batteries retired from the company’s growing fleet of electric vehicles. By maximising reuse, repurposing and recycling of these batteries in line with UK’s Waste Hierarchy principles, the partnership aims to accelerate the growth of a circular economy for battery materials in the UK, reducing the environmental impact of battery waste.

BEVs currently make up nearly 50% (28,417 vehicles) of Zenith’s corporate and consumer funded fleet and 100% of its colleague car fleet. With around 100 BEV write-offs a year, the partnership addresses the growing issue of how to ensure the safe and ethical disposal of EV batteries.
As part of the initiative, used batteries from Zenith’s fleet will be managed through recell.store’s digital platform, enabling second-life applications where suitable.

Batteries that can no longer be repurposed will be responsibly recycled at parent company Altilium’s state-of-the-art battery recycling facilities in Devon, helping to recover critical materials such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel for reuse in the EV battery supply chain.