Asociatia Sistemul National de Reciclare a Bateriilor (SNRB Association) of Romania and local Wood Expert Solution SRL (WES) recycler of electrical and electronic waste are part of a partnership with Redivium Australia under which they committed to work together to complete a feasibility study for a 10 tonne per day 'Spoke' battery recycling plant.According to a SNRB press statement released on Friday, here will be an investment of over EUR 40 million in a lithium-ion battery recycling facility that will use the recycling technology licensed by Redivium, already present in countries like Germany."The parties began due diligence in 2022 to support the decision to enter into this agreement. This process has included visiting the demonstration plant of Primobius GmbH in Hilchenbach, Germany. The partners have current industry experience operating end-of-life battery recycling programmes across Romania. WES currently operates a battery sorting line, with LiB recycling facilities to dismantle e-waste, including plastic shredding. (...) This agreement for LiB recycling with Redivium provides the Partners with direct access to a sustainable industrial-scale battery recycling solution making WES and SNRB Association natural partners within Redivium licensed regions."According to the company, this proposed 'Spoke' battery recycling plant partnership between Redivium and the Romanian partners is in addition to the proposed Redivium 'Spoke' plants in the United Kingdom with G&P Battery Recycling Ltd (GPBR) and in Serbia with Metalfer Group (Metalfer).Operating since 2010, SNRB is the founding member and also member of the board of directors of EUCOBAT, the European association of national collection schemes for batteries and the only Romanian partner of RENEOS a network of Europe's top national battery collection. It has 820 members in Romania, operating 5,000 national collection pointsRedivium Ltd is a pioneer in sustainable resource solutions, dedicated to revolutionising the way we manage and recycle critical materials, including electric vehicle batteries.Founded in 2017 near Bucharest, Ecowes initially recycled wooden pallets. Since 2020, it diversified and expanded to recycle electrical and electronic waste and remains Romania's only company that collects and recycles LiBs.
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk, re-shared a post about the Craiova Christmas Market on X on Monday, December 1. She described the event as "beautiful" and included three emojis in her caption. The original post highlighted that the Craiova Christmas Market was taking place in a safe environment. "No concrete barriers. No armed guards. No […]
