03/06/2026
Currently, lithium battery recycling typically involves two directions: first, secondary use, which utilizes retired power batteries with remaining capacity for energy storage, low-speed vehicles, and backup power; second, regeneration, which involves dismantling, crushing, sorting, and metallurgical processes to recover metals and materials.
Of course, this industry also faces challenges. These include complex battery models, fragmented recycling channels, fluctuating residual values, stringent safety transportation requirements, and the need for further improvement in technical standards. A truly mature recycling system is not just about "collecting batteries," but about establishing a complete closed loop encompassing testing, traceability, transportation, dismantling, regeneration, material certification, and remanufacturing.
In the future, competition in lithium battery recycling may not be about who recycles the most, but about who recycles more safely, efficiently, transparently, and closer to battery-grade material reuse standards.
The first half of the new energy era focused on making good batteries, enabling vehicles to travel further, and equipping them with energy storage.
The second half of the new energy era focuses on making resources circulate and ensuring the industry's true sustainability.
Lithium battery recycling is not the end of the industrial chain, but the starting point for the next round of value creation.
