More than 40 million electric cars are expected to be sold in 2030 by the largest automakers . With this growing demand along with shortage of virgin cell materials, battery manufacturers must consider recycling and recovering chemicals to build batteries. This requires safe and efficient processes, starting from the battery disassembly, or the collection of scrap materials during cell production, to the extraction of the materials. A "model-first" approach through virtual twin experiences helps industry to achieve the crucial step of proactive "design-for-circularity" batteries for cost-effective and efficient disassembly and collection processes for recycling and recovery.