The uRecycle® company is going to build a new factory in the port of Rotterdam for both the recycling and re-use of batteries. This uRecycle® location will become the European hub for processing of industrial and portable batteries, port of Rotterdam said in its release.
uRecycle® is one of the top-three battery recyclers in Europe. The company, which also has branches in Finland, Sweden and Great Britain, recently entered into an alliance in the Netherlands with Stichting Stibat Services (Stibat), the Dutch organisation responsible for collecting (portable) batteries.
uRecycle® also has contracts with similar collection organisations in North-Western Europe and with forklift manufacturers, and importers of cars and e-bikes, among others. As a result, the company has ensured a steady supply of batteries.
The new uRecycle® location is expected to start operating in the first half of 2020. The factory will employ some 40 new employees.