Recycling Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) batteries is challenging, as their low economic value hinders the profitability of full-scale processes. Optimized pre-treatments are crucial for the overall efficiency and eco. ••Pre-treatments heavily costs and efficiency of lithium-ion batteries'. Lithium-ion batteries' (LIBs) market is expected to reach 2000 GWh by 2030, mainly due to electrification of transport systems, and recycling waste batteries is crucial to meet. 2.1. Materials and equipmentThe samples were waste LFP cathodes of two types: production scraps (defined PS in the following) and end-of-life cathodes (defined EOL in t. 3.1. Samples' characterisationManual scraping led to material losses; 12 ± 3%-wt. for EOL samples and 10 ± 0.8%-wt. for PS samples. These were respectively decr. Pre-treatment processes aimed at mechanical detachment of the active cathode material from current collector have been compared in this study on PS and EOL cathod.