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.
Csaba Balint, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), looks at how Romania’s economy has evolved over the last 160 years. This analysis shows that public perception does not always reflect the reality described by numbers and statistics. In recent years, the collective perception of economic conditions and […]
Russia recently denied being involved in elections in other countries, including those in Romania, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. "The Russian side has not been involved in the electoral processes in Romania. In general, we do not have the habit of meddling in the elections of other countries, specifically those in Romania," Peskov said […]
Just days before the program announcement for the 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival, which will take place in Bucharest from August 24 to September 21, 2025, the organizer, ARTEXIM, announced a special project - the George Enescu – Poema Română: Immersive Experience. The digital show will debut on Wednesday, December 4, at […]
President Klaus Iohannis awarded the National Order of the Star of Romania, in the rank of Grand Cross, to Kathleen Kavalec, the United States ambassador to Bucharest, on Friday, November 29. The decoration recognizes ambassador Kavalec’s exceptional contributions to strengthening the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United States, the Presidential Administration
Romania's National Day will be marked by a host of events organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) through its branches worldwide and in partnership with various cultural institutions. ICR London invites the public on November 30, to the LSO St Luke's Hall, where a concert performed by Teodora Brody and the London Symphony Orchestra, […]
Moldovan president Maia Sandu published a video encouraging Romanian citizens to vote in the upcoming parliamentary (December 1) and presidential (December 8) elections and to not believe “those who tell you that closer ties with the Kremlin bring peace and prosperity.” Sandu pointed out in the video that the fate of Romania and that of […]
