Lordstown Mayor Arno Hill say he has been notified by Ultium Cells LLC that one of their next plans for the Valley includes an electric-vehicle battery recycling facility.

The proposed project would be in addition to the $2.3 billion Ultium Cell battery plant currently being constructed in Lordstown.

A spokesperson for Ultium Cell says the recycling plant will be in collaboration with Li-Cycle, a company they announced a partnership with back in May of 2021.

Li-Cycle is a lithium-ion battery recycling company that works to manage battery manufacturing waste to recycle it into raw materials.

Hill says the recycling building would be placed on Ultium Cell property, near the corner of Tod Avenue and Hallock Young Road. Hill says the building would be about 120-thousand square feet.

Hill says the purpose of the facility would be to deconstruct and recycle batteries from the battery plant that can not be used. 

It's not clear yet how many more jobs this could bring to the Valley. The battery plant itself is expected to bring 1,110 jobs.

Hill says the company's next step is likely to go before the Village's Planning Commission and present a site plan.

Ultium is a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution.

Construction on the battery plant itself is not yet completed. Hill though says progress is being made and he expects battery production could begin as early this Spring.

According to the Ultium Cell spokesperson, it is too early in the planning process to determine when construction for the recycling plant will begin.