The challenge of recycling rare earths has both ecological and economic dimensions. In 10 years' time, all the lithium recycled in Europe alone could help produce over two million electric cars.A ...
Despite a slowdown in electric-vehicle (EV) sales in some countries ... global demand for raw materials to build new batteries could be met by recycling old ones. Lithium, manganese and cobalt ...
Electric vehicle batteries are the biggest lithium-ion ... There’s some hope. Landfill recycling is proving worthwhile in its trial programs, but the problem comes from things like smartphones ...