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Lithium Ion batteries are recyclable and the fact that not many are yet is mostly because of infrastructure rather than any technical issue: https://cen.acs.org
by nl 4y ago
Lithium Ion batteries are recyclable and the fact that not many are yet is mostly because of infrastructure rather than any technical issue: https://cen.acs.org/materials/energy-storage/time-serious-recycling-lithium/97/i28 https://cen.acs.org/materials/energy-storage/time-serious-re...
This has improved since 2019 (when that article was written) and now all Tesla batteries are recycled[1][2].
[1] https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/support/sustainability-recycling https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/support/sustainability-recycling
[2] https://electrek.co/2022/05/09/tesla-increase-battery-recycling-capacity-battery-packs/ https://electrek.co/2022/05/09/tesla-increase-battery-recycl...
- brutusborn 4y agoNeometals im Australia also have leading edge recyling tech, at least leading Western companies.