Status
Paused: Northvolt bankrupt March 2025
Process: mechanical + hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 5,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Northvolt captive recycling arm; Revolt brand; closes loop from Northvolt cell EOL back to materials; graphite recovery unique alongside metals; financial distress of Northvolt creates supply uncertainty.
Customers and offtakers: Northvolt (captive).
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Northvolt Revolt |
| Plant | Vasteras Recycling |
| City | Vasteras |
| State or province | Vastmanland |
| Country | Sweden |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | mechanical + hydrometallurgy |
| Output stage | black mass |
| Input chemistries | NMC, LFP |
| Output products | Black mass; graphite + metals (captive) |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 5000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | paused |
| Status note | Northvolt bankrupt March 2025; Lyten bought Northvolt Vasteras assets; this line status unverified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2022 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.2 |
| Customers and offtakers | Northvolt (captive) |
| OEM partnerships | Northvolt internal |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | Yes |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
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.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Halmstad Battery Recycling (Stena Recycling) | Sweden | operational |
| Revolt Ett Skellefteå (Lyten) | Sweden | paused |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Vasteras Recycling (Northvolt Revolt)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10