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What battery waste? Batteries are highly recyclable.
by jdlshore 4y ago
What battery waste? Batteries are highly recyclable.
- jaclaz 4y agoAre they? Old lead battery are highly recyclable but AFAIK the type used in EV's (and in many electronic devices such as laptops and phones) such as Li-Ion are not (easily) recyclable right now. Hopefully by the time discarded batteries will increase in number there will be solutions, but right now there are only some "pilot" plants/technologies, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56574779 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56574779 And: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29110314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29110314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29128408 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29128408
- rootusrootus 4y agoIt is not particularly economical to recycle EV batteries yet because they're still worth a lot more on the secondary market for non-mobile use. When we have a surplus of them, it will be cheaper to reclaim the lithium from the old batteries than it is to mine new lithium.