Method for operating production plants based on recycled material

An apparatus operating a recycling process for processing recycled battery material the apparatus comprising:

• one or more computing nodes;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by the one or more computing nodes, cause the apparatus to:
• provide one or more recycled material identifier(s) and corresponding recycled material data associated with the recycled battery material;
• determine at least one plant identifier associated with a plant for processing the recycled battery material as provided by recycled material data;
• provide plant assignment data comprising the at least one plant identifier and related recycled material identifier(s);
• and
• operating operate the recycling process by providing plant assignment data for controlling and/or monitoring one or more plant(s).