Honda-backed startup opens battery recycling plant in first for Europe
27 mars 2026
06:00
A startup backed by major Japanese investors and corporations including Honda and NordicNinja has opened Europe's first industrial demo plant to recover lithium and graphite from dead batteries.
"We've deliberately partnered with investors who get the challenge as much as they believe in what we're building," tozero's CEO Sarah Fleischer tells Impact Loop.
"We've deliberately partnered with investors who get the challenge as much as they believe in what we're building," tozero's CEO Sarah Fleischer tells Impact Loop.
This article was updated with comments from tozero's CEO Sarah Fleischer.
Munich startup tozero has opened what it says is Europe's first industrial-scale demonstration plant capable of recovering lithium, graphite and nickel-cobalt blends from end-of-life batteries at commercial scale.