Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 22678

Batteries: Recycling

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of recycling lithium iron phosphate batteries.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The UK currently has an emerging capacity to recycle lithium-ion batteries, with most EV batteries being dismantled and shipped to Europe. Recyclus Group, based in Wolverhampton, is the country's first and only industrial-scale recycling facility. It is l...

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