FAQ
Service requests
Yes! Visit our dedicated recycling portal to submit your request and quickly receive an offer for your batteries.
Yes! Visit our Contact us page to tell us more about your needs. We will get back to you promptly.
For safety and logistics reasons, Lithion does not accept batteries from individuals. Only batteries from organizations and companies are accepted into our program.
Please contact Call2Recycle to inquire about their battery pickup services.
For safety and logistics reasons, Lithion does not accept batteries from individuals. Only batteries from organizations and companies are accepted into our program.
Please contact Call2Recycle to inquire about their battery pickup services.
Lithion doesn’t sell batteries. However, you may get in touch with us to recycle your energy storage systems when they reach the end of their useful life.
Lithion is always interested in discussing our products with battery manufacturers. Please write us via our Contact page. Our team will follow up as soon as possible.
The rate depends on the chemical composition. For more information, please contact us.
Environment
Lithion's technologies emit fewer GHGs and use less water than mining extraction to produce the strategic materials needed to make a new battery. By recovering and recycling battery components, our innovative process enables the production of an alternative, local source of strategic materials to ensure their circularity. To find out more, visit our Sustainability page.
We produce raw materials with a purity comparable to that of mined materials. So, in theory, there's no difference in performance.
There is no limit to the number of recycling cycles a battery can undergo.
It is forecasted that 4.2 million tonnes of scrap batteries will be ready for recycling by 2033 (Fastmarkets, 2023).
Lithion technologies and installations
Unlike what’s currently being done, our battery recycling process uses hydrometallurgy instead of pyrometallurgy. Through hydrometallurgy, strategic elements contained in lithium-ion batteries are preserved rather than burned as they are through pyrometallurgy. GHG emissions are therefore reduced, and the value extracted from the batteries is maximized!
Our industrial-scale demonstration plant is located in Montreal, Canada.
Our commercial critical minerals extraction plant is in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, near Montreal, Canada.
We are in the process of identifying the location of our upcoming commercial hydrometallurgy plant.
To learn more about our installations, please visit the page Plants under the Operations section.
At full capacity, our commercial critical minerals extraction plant will be able to process over 15,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries per year, the equivalent of more than 45,000 electric vehicles.
Our technology can process all types of lithium-ion batteries, including the following chemistries: lithium cobalt oxide (LCO), lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC), lithium manganese oxide (LMO), lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide (NCA), lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and nickel metal hydride (NiMH).
Generally speaking, these batteries are found in electric and hybrid cars, electric tools, individual electric mobility tools, electronic devices and energy storage systems.
Careers
Yes! Visit the Careers page to learn about the great benefits of joining our team and view the current job openings.