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>Since I'm being down voted, I'm adding a reference: >5% of lithium batteries are currently recycled Whether something is currently recycled and whether it ca
by scythe 3y ago
>Since I'm being down voted, I'm adding a reference:
>5% of lithium batteries are currently recycled
Whether something is currently recycled and whether it can be recycled are two different questions. For a long time, copper wasn't recycled very often. Then the price went up, and now it's very valuable trash.
Lithium is absolutely renewable. It may not be renewed, but it is renewable.
- iancmceachern 3y agoAgreed. Let's put more effort into getting that 5% up to 100%, that's where the real effort and headlines should focus. 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling#:~:text=Today%2C%20about%2075%20percent%20of,recycling%20are%20taken%20into%20account https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling#:~:text=.... We need to get lithium to that level
- gibolt 3y agoAs the value goes up, companies that sort trash and recycling will be incentivized to separate the electronics, and claim the value as an extra revenue stream.