The Department of Energy awarded Batteries Plus, LLC a $15,725,874 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to develop a nationwide battery recycling program. The grant funds will support adding new battery sorting workstations in at least 550 Batteries Plus store locations across urban, suburban, and rural areas of the United States. This project aims to create a safer and more efficient process for...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $280,725 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to the Merced County Regional Waste Management Authority. The grant, running from November 2024 to October 2025, aims to enhance battery collection, recycling, and processing programs in Merced County, California. The key objectives are to conduct outreach, provide educational materials to increase community awareness...
The Department of Energy awarded the City of New York's Department of Sanitation (DSNY) a $4,434,820 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications (CFDA 81.253) federal grant program. The objective of the project is to hold at least 200 mobile battery collection drop-off events across the 5 boroughs of New York City, implement a marketing campaign to reach at least 1 million residents, and collect at least 35,000 pounds of batteries....
This $4,750,524 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253), will support the County of Erie in establishing a robust and equitable collection system for consumer batteries of all types. The project aims to create a network of battery drop-off kiosks, collection partners, and collection events in Buffalo, NY to improve battery recycling and reduce reliance...
The Department of Energy awarded a $2,039,095 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to Lane County, Oregon. The objective of the project is to install 2 safe storage bays at an existing Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facility, launch at least 2 curbside battery collection pilots, add 11 retail collection sites, execute 6 HHW round-up events, and provide outreach to approximately 400,000 county residents....
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy (CFDA 81.253 - Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications) provides $2,524,702 to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to increase the safe collection of batteries at county and tribal battery collection sites. The key objectives of this award are to provide at least 75 county and 6 tribal battery collectors with fire suppression supplies, safe indoor and outdoor storage for...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $16,809,767.00 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to USR Parent Inc. located in Framingham, MA. The grant will fund the installation of approximately 350 recycling centers across retail stores to support increased consumer battery recycling. The project is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2025. This grant is part of the DOE's broader initiative to...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $9,200,000 Project Grant under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to Expost Technology, Inc., located in San Diego, California. The objective of this grant is to develop an advanced machinery system for pre-processing consumer electronics and batteries to improve the economics of recycling consumer electronics batteries and generate greater market demand for recycling...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to UHV Technologies Inc. to improve the battery recycling economy. The objective of the project is to: 1) Increase battery recovery rates by collecting batteries from various waste streams like municipal solid waste, automotive scrap, and e-waste; and 2) Sort the collected batteries using high-throughput...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $7,222,072 Project Grant on October 1, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The grant was awarded to Reaction Engineering International, a for-profit R&D consulting firm based in Midvale, Utah, to develop a clean and affordable low-temperature thermal method to preprocess end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from consumer devices. The project aims to...