Millions of vehicles are equipped with or directly powered by lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, mitigating environmental pollution and reducing energy use. This rapidly increasing use of Li-ion batteries in vehicles will introduce a large quantity of spent units within a short span of time. Put simply, a proper handling of end-of-life vehicle Li-ion batteries is the need of the hour. In this regard, a Bengaluru-based urban mining startup, Metastable Materials, has come up with a unique solution. It has introduced a battery recycling process that can extract copper, aluminum, cobalt, nickel, lithium, and other metals from dead Lithium-ion batteries.
Founded in 2021 by Shubham Vishwakarma, Metastable Materials specialises in recycling of lithium-ion batteries. It is now scaling up its battery recycling capabilities with the opening of a 21,000 sq ft urban mining facility with yearly…