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Opening a New Horizon in EV Waste Battery Recycling: DRT's Innovation Highlighted on ‘Startup Morning Coffee’ Broadcast live every morning at 8:40 AM on the YouTube channel ‘Jeon Hwa-seong’s CNTV’, ‘Startup Morning Coffee’ is a program hosted by CEO Jeon Hwa-seong that deeply explores the core competencies and market potential of various startups. Its interactive communication with viewers through real-time comments has established it as a valuable information platform for those interested in the startup ecosystem, receiving great acclaim. Recently, the innovative technology of DRT, a company highlighted as a game-changer in the electric vehicle waste battery recycling market, garnered significant attention on this broadcast. DRT is a leading company providing EV waste battery recycling solutions, particularly revolutionizing the long-standing issues of safety and efficiency in the waste battery recycling process through its ‘continuous pyrolysis equipment manufacturing technology’. The waste battery recycling process takes place in high-temperature environments, carrying a high risk of fire or explosion and imposing significant strain on equipment due to thermal expansion and contraction. To address these problems, DRT independently developed and applied an oxygen-free quantitative input and output device and a multi-stage stacked pyrolysis device, maximizing safety. Currently, DRT is successfully executing CNT Tech's IBK Changgong support project, further solidifying its technological capabilities. DRT's core competitiveness lies in its unparalleled safety, efficiency, and eco-friendliness. Unlike existing competitors who require additional heat treatment processes after initial heat treatment, DRT boasts superior technology that completely removes organic matter content to less than 1% with just a single heat treatment. This leads to process simplification, enabling a drastic reduction in equipment length and installation area by 57% and 77.5%, respectively. Furthermore, its eco-friendly process, which reduces CO2 emissions by 50%, demonstrates DRT's strong commitment to a sustainable future. Jeon Hwa-seong, the host of ‘Startup Morning Coffee’, highly praised DRT, stating, "With regulations related to waste battery recycling being strengthened not only in Korea but also in major countries like the EU and the US, DRT's potential for overseas exports is very high, leading to great expectations." He emphasized that DRT would lead the upcoming waste battery recycling market and play a crucial role in the future eco-friendly industry, highly commending the capabilities of its expert team, composed of the founder and CTO, who are specialists in this field. DRT's innovative technology and vision for a sustainable future were once again confirmed through ‘Startup Morning Coffee’, and it is expected to set new standards in the waste battery recycling sector, proving its potential in both domestic and international markets.