Accurec is a German SME company, founded in 1995 with its primary target to constitute the consumer battery recycling market in Germany. Using first time vacuum thermal treatment technology for recycling, Accurec has implemented a zero-emission plant for hazardous batteries (Nickel-Cadmium batteries). After upscaling and expansion, also for other battery types (Li-Ion, NiMH), Accurec is today a continuously growing, branch leading company. Thus, Accurec has been awarded several times for its innovative resource efficiency technology (Innovative durch Forschung 2020, Ecopol 2013). Necessary continuous improvements of process technology, as well as fast changing chemistries in batteries forces Accurec to spend 10% of its turnover for R&D activities. Thus, several R&D projects were initiated in cooperation with international partners and/or universities to improve internal know-how and test newly developed recycling process.