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I looked into it -- the Battery Council International is the one who promotes near perfect recycling rate. Listen - I'm sure its a high rate of recycling which
by boringg 3y ago
I looked into it -- the Battery Council International is the one who promotes near perfect recycling rate. Listen - I'm sure its a high rate of recycling which should be celebrated. There's just no way its 99% that's all I'm saying. Maybe 99% of the components that make their way to e-waste get recycled but theres no way even 80% of batteries even make it to e-waste.
- tekla 3y agoOk, prove your claims
- boringg 3y agoThe amount of effort that I would have to put in in to refute the claims from an industry group that lobbies the Federal government (BCI) which includes both producers and recyclers is far to significant for the marginal gains of an upvote on HN. If you can't see the conflict of interest on the source of the 99% and the funding members of the BCI community and their interest that's on you. Like I said I am sure its a high number but I very much doubt 99% and noone really has any incentive to try and find out what that real number is - its a waste of resources.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoYou don't have to refute the claims of an industry group. What you have to do is check their sources. It also passes the smoke test. Who the heck is going to illegally discard a lead acid battery core, potentially risking hundreds of thousands of dollars of fines, when the alternative is collecting $20 from a recycler?