BATTERY RECYCLING PRIZE

We connect solvers with problems, and we believe that going to the global community can provide richer and broader solutions - beyond what your own network can provide... Crowdsourcing may seem like a recent trend yet people have been doing it for centuries. Prize challenges have been directly responsible for our ability to navigate the open seas, to preserve food by canning, and they even helped launch the commercial space industry... First launched in January 2019, the Battery Recycling Prize has to date awarded $5.5 million for innovative solutions to collecting, sorting, storing, and transporting spent and discarded lithium-ion batteries. In recognition of its ongoing importance in informing larger battery recycling efforts, DOE is announcing $7.4 million to fund a new Breakthrough Contest, as well as Phase IV of the Prize.

Primary location: Indianapolis United States