Kevin Dillon, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing & Sales Officer of ERI, a leading recycler of electronics and circular ITAD services provider, was a featured panelist on the subject of sustainable battery recycling at the Battery and Critical Metals Recycling Conference at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville. In the panel, moderated by Susan Eppes, Corporate Safety Manager for Waste Connections, Dillon spoke as part of a roundtable discussion examining end-of-life batteries from consumer electronics and other devices used in today鈥檚 homes and workplaces and the e-mobility sector. He shared best practices for safely handling and disposing of batteries while reducing risks like contamination and fire hazards.
鈥淚鈥檓 honored to have been invited to participate in this important discussion alongside my industry colleagues,鈥� said Dillon. 鈥淭here are many protocols and practices that companies can take to help minimize risk, and I鈥檓 glad we were able to share that information with our peers at the conference. Our friends at Recycling Today continue to produce vitally important impact events, and this week鈥檚 timely and informative gathering was no exception.鈥�
David Lewis from WM; Andrew Gardner from Ascend Elements; and Jordan Vexler from Monterrey Metal Recycling Solutions were also on the panel. 鈥淭he proliferation of electronic consumer goods, industrial and commercial equipment and, increasingly, electric vehicles is creating an enormous flow of end-of-life batteries,鈥� said James Keefe, publisher of the Recycling Today Media Group, who produced the conference. 鈥淥nly a small percentage of these batteries are collected and recycled. Our event was designed to examine the issues surrounding battery and critical metals recovery and recycling. We thank the thought leaders who participated in these powerful sessions.鈥�