Cologne, September 9th 2024Lithium-ion batteries are booming. But what to do with the waste batteries?

The e.punkt network: from packaging to transportation and recycling
 

Lithium-ion batteries are indispensable in numerous applications, from motor vehicles and mobile devices to e-bikes and energy storage systems.
 

Almost anyone can transport new lithium-ion batteries. But what to do when the end-of-life date happens, the battery is defective or is recalled? In these cases, e.punkt comes into play and covers the entire battery disposal chain from packaging to transportation and recycling. e.punkt was founded by the disposal network LOGEX, the logistics company Emons and the recycling companies RE.LION.BAT. and STENA Recycling. All the steps that a lithium-ion battery goes through from the point of origin to the black mass are coordinated with the merger of the partners and their core competencies in order to ensure professional and environmentally friendly disposal.
 

e.punkt is responsible for organizing professional and environmentally friendly disposal. The tasks are clearly allocated: Everyone does what they do best. This is one of the guiding principles among the founders.  Emons is the first logistics company to maintain a container pool for the transportation of critical batteries. The appropriate container can be provided at the disposal point within 24 hours via the Emons groupage network. The packaged batteries are then transported safely to the Discharging & Dismantling Centers - initially throughout Germany. There, the waste batteries are discharged and dismantled, greatly reducing the fire hazard posed by the batteries. Subsequent recycling produces the so-called black mass with valuable raw materials, which are returned to the cycle. A major advantage for customers is that batteries in the partner network are moved over shorter distances. This saves time, emissions and transportation costs.
 

Lukas Fast, authorized representative for sales at Logex, summarizes: "The e.punkt network enables partners to concentrate on their core competencies. Germany-wide logistics and a smart container pool create efficiencies that were previously unavailable."
 

"e.punkt offers customers the opportunity to work with just one supplier for the nationwide disposal of lithium-ion batteries, which is an efficient alternative to a 1:1 relationship with several disposal companies. By limiting ourselves to the logistically sensible catchment area of our operations, we also increase our local capacity utilization through e.punkt," says Arne Seeger, Managing Director of Stena Recycling.
 

"The future of e-mobility begins with a sustainable battery cycle. The transportation of hazardous and non-hazardous battery waste requires extensive permits and reliable personnel with in-depth knowledge," adds Enrico Hermanny, Business Unit Manager Emons | Battery.
 

e.punkt, with its founders LOGEX, RE.LION.BAT, STENA Recycling and the Emons | Battery division, has mastered this challenge. High quality standards, responsibility and safety in the handling of battery waste are the focus of all players.