As the world places increasing emphasis on sustainable development, battery recycling has emerged as a crucial component in driving the green energy revolution. Against this backdrop, the SMM2025 Lithium Battery Recycling Annual Conference was established, aiming to gather the world's top battery recycling technologies and the wisdom of experts to jointly explore the future path of battery recycling. Driven by the global energy transition and carbon neutrality goals, the lithium battery industry, as a core sector of new energy, is facing multiple challenges such as policy adjustments, resource competition, technological iterations, and ESG compliance. Against the backdrop of the rapid development of electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage systems (ESS), and other fields, the demand for batteries has surged. However, batteries have a limited lifespan, and the disposal of a large number of spent batteries has become an unresolved issue. If not handled properly, the hazardous substances in spent batteries will cause significant environmental pollution. Therefore, battery recycling is not only about the recycling of resources but also an inevitable requirement for protecting the ecological environment and achieving sustainable development. The lithium battery recycling industry urgently needs to establish a sustainable industrial closed-loop through policy guidance, technological innovation, and global collaboration. The 2025 SMM Lithium Battery Recycling Industry Annual Conference is being held in this context. As a premier event in the international battery recycling field, it will provide a platform for governments, enterprises, research institutions, and experts and scholars from various countries to exchange ideas and collaborate, jointly promoting the advancement and application of battery recycling technologies.