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What happens to the battery when its useful life is over?

• natmaka 5y ago
  The recycling industry is growing up: https://northvolt.com/ https://northvolt.com/
• senectus1 5y ago
  biiiig business in battery recycling atm. I imagine that a boat load of battery will be quite attractive based purely on economy of scale benefits.
  • throw63738 5y ago
    Battery recycling in china: guy on backyard strips most valuable parts with hammer and throws 90% of battery into dumpster. It is very lucrative indeed.
• system2 5y ago
  Lithium batteries can be 100% recycled. As mentioned by another user: https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/technology-breakthrough-as-northvolt-produces-first-ever-lithium-ion-battery-cell-with-100-recycled-nickel-manganese-and-cobalt/2-1-1098748 https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/technology-br...
  • artificialLimbs 5y ago
    >> "Northvolt aims to produce cells with 50% recycled material by 2030..." >> "...it has produced its first lithium-ion battery cell using 100% recycled nickel, manganese and cobalt..." >> “The recycling process can recover up to 95% of the metals in a battery..." I can't parse this on a quick skim, probably due to lack of understanding this tech. Looks like operations begin in 2022, so we will see if they are able to be profitable and stay afloat. Hope so, would be great to be able to recycle these batteries. If not, I suspect there will be problems.