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I would be pleasantly suprised if recycling is a focus earlier. But I fully expect huge landfills of batteries in the next few decades.
by cyberlurker 4y ago
I would be pleasantly suprised if recycling is a focus earlier. But I fully expect huge landfills of batteries in the next few decades.
- sgrove 4y agoI strongly suspect you might be disappointed. Battery collection and recycling - even as “raw ore” - should be easily profitable with plenty of motivated parties eventually. In the meantime, redwood materials will probably make quite a bit of money.
- cyberlurker 4y agoWhy would I be disappointed?
- BluSyn 4y agoRecycling is already a key focus, as batteries are very mineral rich, and at scale much cheaper to refine locally than to mine & import with long supply chains. For those that doubt it's possible to collect spent batteries; recycling rates for lead acid car batteries is already 99%. They virtually never end up in landfills.
- cyberlurker 4y agoThis is new information to me. Do you have a source for car batteries being recycled at a 99% rate?
- adrianN 4y agoLithium abundance in battery waste is probably higher than in natural deposits. I doubt that huge landfills of battery waste will exist for very long as Lithium demand continues to soar.