11 December 2024: The Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI) has welcomed recognition from this week’s Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM) that urgent action is needed to reform the product stewardship of batteries.

Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Hole, said ABRI was pleased to note that NSW Environment Minister, the Hon Penny Sharpe, MLC, is committed to introducing mandatory stewardship legislation in the coming year.

4 December 2024: Australia’s battery recycling industry has united to call on Environment Ministers to adopt a national mandate to manage the lifecycle of consumer batteries.

25 November 2024: With National Recycling Week recently highlighting the need for all Australians to “Join the Cycle”, the Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI) has welcomed the range of university research into best-practice lithium battery recycling.

6 November 2024: Editorial published in the Australian Information Industry Association Connector Digital Magazine (November 2024) focusing on battery recycling policy and mandatory producer responsibility ahead of the December Environment Ministers meeting.

21 August 2024: The key message from the 2024 Battery Recycling & Manufacturing Summit and followed up at the Queensland Renewables Recycling Summit – the sector has the foundations, drawing on Australian innovations and know-how, to be a leader, in clean energy technology and support the low carbon energy transition underway. However, urgent action is required to develop scale.

14 August 2024: Key players in the battery recycling and manufacturing sector will meet in Sydney on Thursday 15 August to team up on actions to accelerate opportunities in the fast-growing sector, improve safety and deliver an industry-wide circular economy.

21 July 2024: Battery ecosystem experts from Korea and Germany will deliver international insights on battery investment, technology and recycling at the 2024 Australian Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Summit in Sydney on August 15 at the Hilton Hotel.

18 June 2024: Australia’s leading battery associations have called for federal and state governments to urgently implement the federal consumer watchdog’s recommendations to manage the increasing number of lithium-ion battery related fires.

24 June 2024: The Federal Government’s National Battery Strategy is a step forward to a clean energy future and critical minerals security, but there is an urgent need for an action plan with clear timelines backed by a transparent process for achieving access to funding.

24 April 2024: Skyrocketing insurance costs and conflicting regulations are stalling Australia’s burgeoning battery recycling industry, according to a survey conducted by the Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI). The 2023 survey of ABRI members also found logistics costs for packaging and sending used batteries to recycling was a challenge to recycling used batteries.

12 April 2024: Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI) has welcomed the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s announcement that key sectors including the battery industry will gain federal aid in a package he indicated would be included in this year’s budget.

22 March 2024: Two major industry associations will join forces to tackle key challenges in the battle to recycle the fast-growing number of energy storage batteries and solar PV that have reached end-of-life, with many panels dumped in landfill.

12 December 2023: Australia’s leading battery associations have called for federal and state governments to urgently implement the federal consumer watchdog’s recommendations to manage the increasing number of lithium-ion battery related fires.

15 November 2023: The Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI) welcomes an Australian environment ministers’ decision to prioritise work on solving the growing problem of lithium batteries and safety risks in waste facilities.

8 November 2023: Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI) has made an urgent call for households to safely dispose of batteries following the launch of a national campaign aimed at reducing the risk of injury to young children and fire.

27 October 2023: The Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI) has welcomed the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s announcement the Federal Government will invest another $2 billion into mining and processing of critical minerals.

20 October 2023: Australia’s leading battery associations have called for federal and state governments to urgently implement the federal consumer watchdog’s recommendations to manage the increasing number of lithium-ion battery related fires.

6 October 2023: The Australian battery recycling industry has thrown its support behind the federal consumer watchdog’s report on product safety for lithium-ion (Li-on) batteries, but says now is the time to act as the world changes rapidly to a net zero, circular economy.

3 October 2023: The Australian battery recycling industry supports plans to stop battery waste going to landfills around Australia and spending on infrastructure to support the ban.

The Australian Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI) Chief Executive Officer Katharine Hole said batteries should not go to landfill or in any household waste recycling service.

22 September 2023: The Australian battery recycling industry is on the cusp of growing rapidly, with the development of a range of innovative projects, according to the Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI).