Battery recycling factory Kuppenheim.

Recycling. On the road to the circular economy.

The overarching goal of the so-called circular economy is to keep as many of the used raw materials in the circulation as possible. This can decrease the negative impact on the earth’s ecosystem and significantly reduce the consumption of natural resources. Mercedes-Benz is also increasingly focusing on measures that promote the circular economy.

On the road to a circular economy.

Our aim is to increasingly decouple resource consumption from the growth of our production output.

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Opening battery recycling factory Kuppenheim.

Battery recycling factory Kuppenheim.

Mercedes-Benz opened in Kuppenheim (South Germany) Europe's first battery recycling plant with an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process.

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 Mercedes-Benz Batteries.

Interview battery recycling.

Manuel Michel, Head of Battery Recycling: "We need to start decoupling economic growth and natural resource consumption now."

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 Visual materials.

Materials.

We focus on reducing the amount of primary materials used by increasing the proportion of secondary materials.

Materials overview

 A lithium-ion battery.

Closing the loop.

Mercedes-Benz is pursuing a holistic approach regarding the circular economy of battery systems, considering three core topics: circular design, value preservation, closing the cycle.

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