Multiple EU Sites

Veolia · Limburg, Belgium, France · Black mass

Battery recycling plant operated by Veolia in Limburg, Belgium, France. Status: operational.

Multiple EU Sites: recycling plant illustration with pack, shredder, black mass, leach tanks and salt bags; Black mass, status operational, Belgium, France Black mass Operational Belgium, France
Capacity
25,000 t/yr
Process
Mechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output
Black mass
Hub
Supply Chain

Status

Operational: status carried from the legacy record

Process: mechanical + hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 25,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).

Veolia environmental services EU battery recycling network; mechanical shredding + hydro; multiple EU sites; EU Battery Regulation compliance service for OEMs without captive recycling.

Customers and offtakers: Multiple EU OEMs.

Plant record

Plant record

Multiple EU Sites (Veolia)
CompanyVeolia
PlantMultiple EU Sites
CityLimburg
State or provinceMultiple
CountryBelgium, France
TypeRecycler
Processmechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output stageblack mass
Input chemistriesAll Li-ion
Output productsBlack mass + material recovery
Capacity (t/yr input)25000
Capacity basisLegacy figure; not re-verified
Statusoperational
Status noteStatus carried from the legacy record; not re-verified
Scalecommercial
Start year2020
Investment (US$ billion)0.4
Customers and offtakersMultiple EU OEMs
OEM partnershipsStellantis; Renault; VW Group
Under EU Battery RegulationYes
Geopolitical exposureLOW
Record updated2026-10

Official site: veolia.com

In context

Where it fits

Listed in EV Battery Recycling Facilities. Recyclers are compared on where they stop: shredding to black mass, smelting to alloy, or refining to battery-grade salts that go back into cathode plants; only refining keeps the metal in the region. See Battery Recycling for the process and the market.

Sources

Sources and scope

Scope
Multiple EU Sites (Veolia)
Sources
ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
Updated
2026-10