Sortbat Norway is ready for the upcoming battery regulation
Sandefjord, Norway – 27 November 2025 – The European Union regulation for the handling and recycling of electric vehicle (EV) batteries is set to be implemented in Norway. However, although the regulation is already in force at EU level, Norway’s national implementation has not officially changed yet. As the final national details are still being defined, Sortbat Norway is already fully prepared for the changes ahead, ensuring it can meet the future requirements as from day one.
In this landscape, Sortbat Norway – a trusted operator with more than 13 years of experience – highlights its role as an independent operator, working alongside PROs (Producer Responsibility Organizations) to ensure safe and compliant battery handling. While PROs are responsible for administration, compliance, and reporting, operators like Sortbat Norway perform the hands-on, technical work: safely collecting, handling, transporting, discharging, dismantling, and ensuring approved recycling of EV and industrial batteries.
Sortbat Norway operates independently and can work with any PRO in Norway or abroad, providing operational expertise across the entire battery lifecycle.
Long experience and a complete range of services
Formerly known as Høyenergi AS, Sortbat Norway has been a pioneer in safe and responsible battery handling for more than a decade. The company delivers a comprehensive range of services, including safety assessments, collection, packaging, transportation, storage, discharge and dismantling. It ensures that all collected materials are shipped to certified recycling partners for approved and environmentally responsible processing.
In addition, Sortbat Norway offers training, reporting, spare parts, repairs, and “second life” assessments for customers seeking reuse options.
- Marcus Sandholmen, General Manager of Sortbat NorwayOur focus has always been on safety, quality, and transparency. We continuously invest in expertise and systems that ensure full compliance with future requirements and full traceability for our customers.
Part of the Sortbat Group: strengthening expertise across Europe
Since spring 2025, Sortbat Norway has been part of the Sortbat Group, headquartered in Belgium. This collaboration has further strengthened the company’s capacity, network, and technical expertise. As part of a pan-European group of battery experts, Sortbat Norway now offers an expanded range of services, from collection and dismantling to advanced second-life battery solutions, making it a true one-stop-shop for customers in Norway, the Scandinavian countries, Belgium, and across Europe.
Before becoming part of the Sortbat Group, Sortbat Norway operated as the executing partner under Batteriretur, established in 1994. Today, the company works independently under the Sortbat name, providing its services to all producer responsibility organizations (PROs) in Norway and abroad.
Trusted partner across industries
Sortbat Norway works with a wide range of partners across different sectors, including car importers and dismantlers, waste and recycling facilities, insurance companies, transport and bus operators, the marine industry, and various industrial players. This broad customer base reflects the company’s strong reputation for reliability, safety, and technical excellence in battery handling.
Building on this experience, the company has already taken the necessary steps to align with the upcoming EU battery regulation, ensuring it can continue to deliver high-quality, compliant services that meet future standards.
- Marcus Sandholmen, General Manager of Sortbat NorwayThe regulations governing our work are constantly evolving, and a new battery regulation is on the way, something we are ready to handle with confidence.
Every step in this process is managed with safety and precision. Sortbat Norway collects batteries and modules across the entire country using its own ADR-certified drivers, who are also trained battery technicians with solid expertise in packaging and handling high-energy batteries.
To ensure full traceability, Sortbat Norway has developed its own digital portal, tracking each stage from battery collection at the customer site to processing, recycling, or second-life application.