Lancaster and US Plants

Cirba Solutions · Lancaster, USA · Black mass

Battery recycling plant operated by Cirba Solutions in Lancaster, USA. Status: operational.

Lancaster and US Plants: recycling plant illustration with pack, shredder, black mass, leach tanks and salt bags; Black mass, status operational, USA Black mass Operational USA
Capacity
20,000 t/yr
Process
Mechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output
Black mass
Hub
Supply Chain

Status

Operational: status carried from the legacy record

Process: mechanical + hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 20,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).

Cirba Solutions (formerly Battery Solutions + RSB Logistics merger); largest US battery collection and processing network by site count; 10+ sites; OEM warranty and EOL battery primary input.

Customers and offtakers: Multiple OEMs / cell makers.

Plant record

Plant record

Lancaster and US Plants (Cirba Solutions)
CompanyCirba Solutions
PlantLancaster and US Plants
CityLancaster
State or provinceOhio
CountryUSA
TypeRecycler
Processmechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output stageblack mass
Input chemistriesAll Li-ion, NiMH, Lead
Output productsBlack mass + material recovery
Capacity (t/yr input)20000
Capacity basisLegacy figure; not re-verified
Statusoperational
Status noteStatus carried from the legacy record; not re-verified; Cirba expansion plans in Ohio and South Carolina had DOE support
Scalecommercial
Start year2008
Investment (US$ billion)0.2
Customers and offtakersMultiple OEMs / cell makers
OEM partnershipsGM; multiple
Under EU Battery RegulationNo
Geopolitical exposureLOW
Record updated2026-10

Official site: cirbasolutions.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.

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Sources

Sources and scope

Scope
Lancaster and US Plants (Cirba Solutions)
Sources
ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
Updated
2026-10