Battery Recycling & Materials Recovery worked example

Battery Recycling Margin Percentage at 25% target recycling margin: a worked example

What does the result look like when target recycling margin reaches 25%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a battery recycler needs to decide whether an inbound lot, tolling job, or recovered material sale meets the required margin

The inputs for this scenario

  • Net recovery margin: 38,500 $ (unchanged)
  • Recovered material revenue: 154,000 $ (unchanged)
  • Target recycling margin: 25 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 22)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Recycling margin = net recovery margin รท recovered material revenue) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 25 % recycling margin for recycling margin, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0 points for margin gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 38,500 $ for net recovery margin.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 154,000 $ for recovered material revenue.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target recycling margin sits at 22% and the headline result is 25 % recycling margin, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 25 % recycling margin.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when target recycling margin is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It is only as honest as the net margin you feed it; if recovery costs exclude hazard handling, overhead, or downtime, the percentage will look better than the operation truly performs.

Results at a glance

  • Recycling margin: 25 % recycling margin (headline result)
  • Margin gap to target: 0 points
  • Net recovery margin: 38,500 $
  • Recovered material revenue: 154,000 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Battery Recycling Margin Percentage calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.