Recyclib inks MoU with NML for e-waste recycling tech transfer

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Jamshedpur, Feb 28: Recyclib Private Limited, New Delhi signed an MoU with CSIR-NML for recycling technology of electronic waste.

The MoU will facilitate technology transfer of recycling of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) to recover metal or salts of Li, Co, Mn, Ni, Cu, Al, graphite and saleable plastics.

Technological know-how is a closed-loop design to recover Li, Co, Mn, Ni, Cu, Al, plastics and graphite from black cathodic material of spent LIBs. Developed hydrometallurgical process flow-sheet to recover Li, Co, Mn, Cu, Ni as metals/salts and graphite from spent LIBs will be fine tuned by the samples supplied by the PARTY. The party will commercialize the technology as per the transferred Know-How of CSIR-NML.

It is well known in past, CSIR-NML has transferred a number of technologies to a national and international industries and research organisations. M/s RecyclibPvt. Ltd., Delhi will process the LIBs and extract the non-ferrous metals viz.Li, Co, Mn, Cu, Al, Ni, etc. and a part of that they will recycle all the materials present in it based on zero waste concepts.

On this auspicious occasion, Dr. Indranil Chattoraj, Director CSIR-NML, Dr. Manis Kumar Jha, Project Leader, e-waste recycling activities, Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Head MER, and a group of researchers Dr. Pankaj Kumar Choubey, Dr. Rekha Panda, Mr. Om Shankar Dinkar, Ms. Rukshana Parween and from the RPBD side, Dr. S. K. Pal, Head, RPBD and Dr. Beena Kumari were altogether present. Dr. P.N. Mishra actively participated to bridge the NML with the media for advertisement and dissemination of e-waste recycling technology in the society.

Mohit Garg, Director, M/S Recyclib Pvt. Ltd. Company, Delhi has entered into a technology transfer MoU with CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur considering the importance of LIBs recycling in the present scenario. The recovered metals will fulfill the demand-supply gap of Li, Co, Mn, Ni, Cu, etc. Statement of Mohit Garg, “I’m very happy to be a part of CSIR-NML by taking the LIBs recycling technology to serve the nation by making pollution free society as well as conserve the natural resources for generations to come”.

The NML director said, “In the recent past, NML has transferred a number of indigenous technology to Indian companies and hope in future we can transfer more to make India an e-waste free society”.

On this occasion, Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Head MER division expressed his happiness and said, “NML will transfer more technologies in near future”.