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Redwood Materials and Rotary collaborate to collect used batteries
May
Redwood Supplies partnered with the Rotary Membership to gather used batteries throughout Earth Day 2024. The corporate invitations extra folks to collaborate on related occasions or study extra about what they will do to construct a clear power future.
Redwood Supplies shared a video of its collaboration with the Bellevue Rotary Membership in Washington. The pair collected previous batteries from used units like laptops, tablets, and telephones. Redwood Supplies plans to recycle the uncooked supplies from the units and batteries the Bellevue Rotary Membership collected from their communities.
On Earth Day, our @Rotary companions collected hundreds of kilos of batteries from their communities in just some hours. They shared their expertise working with us create a extra sustainable future. Impressed to host or attend an occasion? Go to https://t.co/KIBMNyzwC7 pic.twitter.com/72NQqevovW
— Redwood Supplies (@RedwoodMat) April 29, 2024
Final yr, Bellevue Rotary Membership organized an identical occasion with Redwood supplies, asking folks to convey their cell telephones, laptops, and tablets. The group accepted lithium-ion and nickel metallic hydride batteries.
In response to Redwood Materials’s web site, the principle drawback it’s making an attempt to unravel is: “Shopper units contribute to the world’s quickest rising waste stream. Individuals spend trillions of {dollars} on electronics and discard tons of of thousands and thousands of units annually. Only a few of those merchandise are recycled responsibly.”
Redwood Supplies has been making vital strides this yr, transitioning from recycling to ramping up manufacturing. Final month, the corporate had ramped up its hydrometallurgical operations and started producing battery anode copper foil.
Earlier this yr, Redwood Supplies introduced plans to localize battery production in North America, particularly in the USA. It aimed to construct a cathode plant in the USA with over 1 million EVs/yr of capability at its Nevada Campus.
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