Critical Mineral Recovery™
Recycling Center in Fredericktown, Missouri
About This Location
Critical Mineral Recovery is an industrial lithium-ion battery recycling plant at 815 State Highway OO in Fredericktown, Missouri (Madison County). The roughly 225,000-square-foot facility was built to process EV and consumer-grade lithium-ion battery scrap at industrial scale into a mixed-metal concentrate. It is a business-to-business processor, not a public recycling drop-off, and it does not accept household batteries over the counter. The plant has been offline following a major fire on October 30, 2024 that prompted evacuations; cleanup and monitoring continued afterward. Residents with used household batteries should use a retail or household-hazardous-waste program instead.
Status Update
This location appears to be closed. Industrial B2B lithium-ion battery processing plant (not a household drop-off). Offline following a major fire on October 30, 2024; EPA conducted air monitoring during the response and cleanup continued afterward.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I drop off old batteries at Critical Mineral Recovery in Fredericktown?
No. Critical Mineral Recovery is an industrial, business-to-business lithium-ion battery processing plant, not a public drop-off, and the facility has been offline since the October 30, 2024 fire. For household batteries, use a retail take-back or household-hazardous-waste program.
Is the Critical Mineral Recovery plant still operating?
The plant has been offline following a major fire on October 30, 2024 that prompted evacuations in Fredericktown. The EPA conducted air monitoring during the response, which concluded in November 2024, and cleanup continued afterward.
What did the Fredericktown battery plant do?
It was built to recycle lithium-ion batteries, processing EV and consumer-grade battery scrap at industrial scale (a facility of roughly 225,000 square feet) into a high-grade mixed-metal concentrate.
Where can Fredericktown residents recycle household batteries instead?
Because this plant is industrial and offline, residents should use retail battery take-back programs or a local household-hazardous-waste collection rather than this site.
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