NJ Direct Recycling Pilot

Princeton NuEnergy · South Brunswick, USA · Cathode material

Battery recycling plant operated by Princeton NuEnergy in South Brunswick, USA. Status: operational.

NJ Direct Recycling Pilot: recycling plant illustration with pack, shredder, black mass, leach tanks and salt bags; Cathode material, status operational, USA Cathode material Operational USA
Capacity
500 t/yr
Process
Direct recycling
Output
Cathode material
Hub
Supply Chain

Status

Operational: status carried from the legacy record

Process: direct recycling. Capacity: 500 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).

Low-temperature direct recycling using plasma-assisted solid electrolyte interface repair; LFP capable (critical as LFP has low pyrometallurgy value); GM partnership; DOE funded.

Customers and offtakers: GM evaluating.

Plant record

Plant record

NJ Direct Recycling Pilot (Princeton NuEnergy)
CompanyPrinceton NuEnergy
PlantNJ Direct Recycling Pilot
CitySouth Brunswick
State or provinceNew Jersey
CountryUSA
TypeRecycler
Processdirect recycling
Output stagecathode material
Input chemistriesNMC, LFP
Output productsRelithiated CAM
Capacity (t/yr input)500
Capacity basisLegacy figure; not re-verified
Statusoperational
Status noteStatus carried from the legacy record; not re-verified
Scalepilot
Start year2023
Investment (US$ billion)0.0
Customers and offtakersGM evaluating
Under EU Battery RegulationNo
Geopolitical exposureLOW
Record updated2026-10

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.

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Sources

Sources and scope

Scope
NJ Direct Recycling Pilot (Princeton NuEnergy)
Sources
ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
Updated
2026-10