American Battery selected as battery Recycler for national eWaste program

American Battery (ABAT) will serve as the lithium-ion battery recycler for Pyxera Global and Terra’s Done with It pilot program, sponsored by FedEx (FDX), to test the viability of recovering used electronics, or e-waste. The pilot program aims to develop circular business models for the logistics industry. The pilot program will accept items through December 15. Terra’s Done with It mail-in recycling program will facilitate the nationwide collection of laptops and tablets and will direct the donated devices to a secure FedEx facility located in middle Tennessee. If a donated device is repairable, it will be sent to Electronics Recycling Solutions, a Nashville-area social enterprise that is also R2v3-certified and dedicated to training adults with developmental disabilities in high-demand repair skills. The lithium-ion batteries will be recycled at ABTC’s commercial-scale, lithium-ion battery recycling facility located in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Nevada.