Battery recycling rates remain low amid growing demand. Industry estimates suggest that only around 15% of batteries are currently recycled, while up to 85% remain outside formal recycling streams, resulting in the loss of valuable materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper.

In the run-up to IFAT 2026, we spoke with Reiner Hungermann, Managing Director of Matthiessen Lagertechnik, about key industry trends, technological approaches, and innovations shaping the future of waste processing and defining the next stage of development in recycling technologies.

Global leader in sensor-based sorting solutions, TOMRA Recycling, has marked a new era of customer support in the Americas with the opening of its new Test & Training Center in Charlotte.

STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH, together with weeeSwiss Technology AG and Saubermacher, has officially inaugurated one of Europe’s most advanced household battery sorting facilities in Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Germany