Besides the $200,000 spent on purchasing mobile phone lithium battery recycling machines, setting up a 1000 kg/h mechanical recycling plant also requires investment in several other areas. These include factory rent, which ranges from £18,000 to £25,000 per year depending on location in the UK, infrastructure such as flooring, ventilation, and safety systems costing $15,000–$20,000, equipment installation and commissioning at $12,000–$18,000, initial purchase of waste mobile phone batteries for $30,000–$45,000, labor for 6–8 workers totaling $8,000–$12,000 per month, and energy consumption including electricity and water at $3,000–$5,000 per month. Altogether, these non-equipment expenses typically range from $88,000 to $120,000, depending on operation scale and location.