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Battery Recycling Research Projects

Discover battery recycling research through public funding records. Check participating organisations and visit original sources for objectives and progress.

This selection includes 29 UKRI funding records. Last reviewed: 2026-10-16. Each record represents an award reference. This is not a complete industry directory.

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Projects in this collection

UKRI10025905

Closed

ULTRAsound-assisted recycling of Lithium and Critical metals from spent lithium-ion batteries (ULTRALiC)

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY (Participant) / N.D.T. CONSULTANTS LIMITED (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10030111

Closed

EVBR: Development and scale-up of a highly efficient lithium-ion battery recycling process

ALTILITECH LTD (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10031658

Closed

RELOAD: Recycled lithium ion battery anode materials for high value products

TALGA ANODE UK LIMITED (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10033230

Closed

Singa - Development of highly-efficient hydrometallurgical recycling process to support Li-Ion battery recycling in UK and Singapore

ALTILITECH LTD (Lead participant)

Hydrometallurgy / RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10034781

Closed

Vigilant Scanning Limited ("VSL") - Battery detection and fire prevention in the UK Waste and Recycling Industry (the “Industry”)

VIGILANT SCANNING LTD (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10034857

Closed

EALIR - Development of new, highly-efficient techniques to increase the recovery of critical materials in lithium-ion battery recycling

ALTILIUM METALS LTD (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10043366

Closed

REBLEND: Recovering battery-grade materials from upgraded black mass to enable remanufacturing of automotive battery products in the UK

ECOLAMP RECYCLING LIMITED (Participant) / WATERCYCLE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (Participant) / ICONICHEM WIDNES LIMITED (Participant) / UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Participant) / CORNISH LITHIUM PLC (Participant) / ECOSHRED LIMITED (Lead participant) / MINVIRO LTD (Participant) / UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER (Participant)

Black massOfficial source ↗

UKRI10058907

Closed

Lithium Salvage: a step-change in UK battery recycling and manufacturing using (Weee-EV) - to establish the UKs first Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) recycling process.

PENNINE ENERGY RESOURCES LTD (Participant) / LITHIUM SALVAGE UK LIMITED (Lead participant) / CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED (Participant) / TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY (Participant) / P A MOODY RECYCLING LIMITED (Participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10062327

Closed

Universal Battery Recycling System (UBRS)

RECYCLUS GROUP LIMITED (Lead participant) / UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10064778

Active

Research and development of a highly automated and safe streamlined process for increased Lithium-ion battery repurposing and recycling

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10068549

Closed

Flexible, Safe and efficient REcycling of Li-ion batterieS for a comPetitive, circular, and sustainable European battery manufaCTuring industry (RESPECT)

University of Warwick (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10075111

Closed

Development of new, innovative technologies for electric vehicle battery recycling & low carbon minerals recovery in the Tees Valley.

TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY (Participant) / ALTILIUM METALS LTD (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10077805

Closed

Establishing feasibility for safe, sustainable transportation of end-of-life EV batteries for recycling to Cathode Active material and reuse in a battery supply chain.

ALTILIUM METALS LTD (Lead participant) / LUNAZ GROUP LTD (Participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10079049

Active

Research and development of a highly automated and safe streamlined process for increased Lithium-ion battery repurposing and recycling (REBELION)

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10094722

Active

REVITALISE - REcycling of low Value components using high purity pre-treatment, dIrecT recycling And green hydrometallurgical approaches for recycling of Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion BatteriEs

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Lead participant)

Direct recycling / Hydrometallurgy / RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10104583

Active

Advancing sustainability in EV battery recycling

ALTILIUM METALS LTD (Lead participant) / NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY (Participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10118066

Closed

Scaling up EV Battery Recycling: Advancements in Electrode and Cells Processing (RecycleScale)

ALTILIUM METALS LTD (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10127274

Closed

Establishing feasibility of an EV battery recycling plant to recover cathode active material for re-entry into a UK battery supply chain

ALTILIUM METALS LTD (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10170397

Closed

ReGenTrace AI: An AI powered platform driving UK critical mineral security, circularity and ESG compliance through traceable end-of-life EV battery recycling.

MATERIA.AI LTD (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI10180428

Active

Batteries reuse and direct production of high performances cathodic and anodic materials and other raw materials from batteries recycling using low cost and environmentally friendly technologies(RHINOCEROS)

LEVERTONHELM LIMITED (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI104176

Closed

CALIBRE - Custom Automotive Lithium Ion Battery REcycling

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK (Participant) / JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (Lead participant) / AXION RECYCLING LTD. (Participant) / COVENTRY UNIVERSITY (Participant) / AUTOCRAFT DRIVETRAIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Participant) / ECO-BAT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (Participant) / BENCHMARK MINERAL INTELLIGENCE LIMITED (Participant) / NISSAN MOTOR MANUFACTURING (UK) LIMITED (Participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI130709

Closed

Recycling of tracked electric vehicle Li-ion batteries

TRL LIMITED (Lead participant) / JOHNSON MATTHEY BATTERY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING LIMITED (Participant) / UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (Participant) / OAKDENE HOLLINS LTD. (Participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI130714

Closed

Recycling and Re-use of Polymer Lithium Sulphur Batteries

OXIS ENERGY LIMITED (Lead participant) / G. & P. BATTERIES LIMITED (Participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI2271971

Closed

Recycling of lithium ion batteries

Unknown

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI2435637

Closed

Alternative binders to simplify the recycling of lithium ion batteries

Unknown

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI2436167

Closed

Title Dissolution, recovery and separation of strategic metals for recycling of lithium-ion batteries using deep eutectic solvents

Unknown

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI2495531

Closed

Novel methods for recycling spent lithium ion batteries to develop of electroactive materials for energy storage applications

Unknown

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI2749747

Active

Integrated Model of Recycling and Disposal of Lithium-ion Batteries (IMRAD)

Unknown

RecyclingOfficial source ↗

UKRI80893

Closed

Design of Battery Packs for Reuse, Remanufacture and Recycling

AVL POWERTRAIN UK LIMITED (Lead participant)

RecyclingOfficial source ↗