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>There’s also issues with open trading of black mass, which some countries, including in Europe, classify as hazardous. That’s a key concern in terms of packagi
by NavinF 3y ago
>There’s also issues with open trading of black mass, which some countries, including in Europe, classify as hazardous. That’s a key concern in terms of packaging, transporting and trading it, said Leah Chen, analyst at S&P Global Commodity Insights.
>"We’ve got lots of factories in Europe where we can shred batteries to make black mass but then it’s kind of stuck,” said Julia Harty, London-based analyst at Fastmarkets. "It’s a shame, as there’s so much attention on sustainability at the moment but yet the red tape makes lithium-ion battery recycling harder in Europe.”
Sadly this is the norm in western countries
- dv_dt 3y agoThis article really doesn't give enough info for that conclusion. Is there an known process from which black mass is made into something useful downstream? It sort of sounds like half a pitch to fund companies taking in black mass. Edit: For me these articles gave me more context: - https://www.recycling-magazine.com/2021/09/10/black-mass-one-of-the-hottest-issues-in-battery-recycling/ https://www.recycling-magazine.com/2021/09/10/black-mass-one... - https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/21/black-mass-black-gold-and-the-truth-about-ev-battery-recycling/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/21/black-mass-black-gold-a...