Recyclekaro, India’s leading e-waste and lithium-ion battery recycling company, has secured eligibility under the Incentive Scheme for Promotion of Critical Mineral Recycling, launched by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, under the National Critical Minerals Mission.
Recyclekaro has pledged an investment of approximately ₹300 crore to expand its critical mineral recycling operations, which will increase total processing capacity to around 50,000 metric tonnes. The project has been classified as a brownfield expansion under Beneficiary Category Group A and is focused on strengthening domestic recovery of critical minerals from multiple waste streams, including spent lithium-ion batteries, electronic circuit e-waste, rare earth magnets, and spent catalytic converters, further reinforcing India’s energy security and circular economy goals.
This eligibility reinforces Recyclekaro’s commitment to advancing India’s circular economy and reducing dependence on imported critical minerals. By scaling domestic recovery of lithium, rare earth elements, and other strategic materials, this project directly supports India’s ambitions in electric mobility, renewable energy, and advanced manufacturing. It also contributes to strengthening resource security, enabling responsible recycling, and aligning with long-term national sustainability goals and industrial priorities.
Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Founder and Managing Director, Recyclekaro, said, “We are proud to have secured eligibility under the Government of India’s Critical Mineral Recycling Incentive Scheme and sincerely commend the Ministry of Mines for instituting a visionary and robust framework under the National Critical Minerals Mission. This marks a decisive step toward strengthening India’s energy security that relies on securing critical minerals domestically. This will support India’s net zero goals. Over the past 15 years, we have built world-class in-house technologies, conducted thousands of pilot-scale experiments, and are now investing over ₹500 over next 5 years in our newly developed R&D facility. It is going to be amongst the biggest privately owned facilities in India dedicated to rare earth and critical mineral recovery. At Recyclekaro, we remain deeply committed to this national movement and invite researchers, innovators, and technology partners to collaborate in accelerating India’s clean energy and circular economy transition.”
