Associations from Norway and Sweden cooperate on battery recycling

To meet the upcoming requirements of the new EU Battery Regulation, Mobility Sweden and the Norwegian Bilimportørenes Landsforening have entered into a strategic partnership. Through their subsidiaries FoRetur (Sweden) and Autoretur Battery Recycling (Norway), they aim to establish an efficient, coordinated take-back system for EV batteries that is adapted to future requirements.

Parallel tenders for processing companies in Norway and Sweden are due to launch later this August. With the cooperation, the partners pursue several strategic goals: laying the foundation for a circular and sustainable battery economy, leveraging economies of scale, maximising environmental benefits, ensuring efficient use of resources, and working with authorities towards harmonised requirements and reporting systems.

“The automotive industry of the future will be largely electric. It is therefore crucial that we succeed in building an efficient and circular battery economy,” says Anna Henstedt, Head of Recycling at Mobility Sweden and CEO of FoRetur AB.

“Our aim is to ensure both environmental benefits for society and the competitiveness of the automotive industry. Together we can build a system that is robust and sustainable in the long term,” adds Erik Andresen, CEO of the Norwegian association BIL.

Only a few days ago, the Norwegian importers’ association BIL had set up Autoretur Battery Recycling (ABR), which is responsible for collecting and processing end-of-life EV batteries. The background is growing demand: in just five years, more than 50,000 batteries will need to be disposed of annually in Norway alone – rising to over 100,000 by 2035. ABR intends to provide importers with a central, cost-efficient and sustainable solution that meets legal requirements and customer expectations.

mobilitysweden.se, bilimportorene.no

This article was first published by Florian Treiß for electrive’s German edition.