One building
Material does not get brokered on to a third facility. It arrives in Phoenix and is processed in Phoenix. That makes the custody record short and verifiable.
About us
An alkaline specialist, by choice
Founded in 2023 and operating one processing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. We do one stream, and we do it well.
17,155,000lbs
Spent alkaline batteries received and processed at our Phoenix facility. Updated daily.
85 to 95%
Recovered by weight
3 yrs
Operating since 2023
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Facility, one chain of custody
Why alkaline
Most of the battery recycling industry has moved toward lithium and electric vehicle packs, which is where the attention and the capital have gone. That left the single largest battery stream by unit count, ordinary household alkaline cells, with fewer and fewer real outlets.
Critical Materials Recovery was founded in 2023 by Rob Mattson and Jesse McCullough to be that outlet. Ijaz joined as a shareholder in late 2025. We are a specialist rather than a generalist, and that focus shows up in our pricing, our sorting and how much of each load we recover.
What we recover, & why it matters
A spent alkaline battery is mostly steel, zinc, manganese and brass. Three of the materials we recover appear on the US Department of Energy's critical materials list. Recovering them domestically means less of that demand met by imported primary material.
Certifications & what we hold
We believe in being direct about this, because procurement teams check. Here is exactly where we stand:
EPA identification number.
Registered and current.
Stormwater conditional no exposure certificate.
On file for our Phoenix facility.
Environmental and standard commercial insurance.
In place; certificates available on request.
An EHS management system built on ISO principles.
Documented and in use.
CMR is not R2 certified and not ISO certified.
Both are on our roadmap. We would rather tell you that plainly than let a logo imply otherwise.
How we work
Three things we hold to
Say the real number
We publish recovery figures we can support with our own mass balance, and we qualify them. No round numbers chosen because they sound good.
Answer the phone
We are small enough that the person who quotes your load is the person who can tell you where it is. That is not a slogan, it is just how it works here.
Have a load of spent alkaline batteries?
Tell us the volume, the chemistry and where it is sitting. We will come back with pricing and freight guidance.