Electric vehicles promise cleaner air and lower emissions, but the batteries that power them pose a mounting waste and resource challenge. A new generation of recycling technology is now closing that ...

There's a mélange of highly toxic and incredibly valuable materials mixed up in the battery packs of every new EV on the road today, and for now at least, much of those materials can only be sourced ...

Aerial view of lithium mining pits in Atacama Salt Flat, Chile, on July 29, 2024. The minerals found in an electric-car battery often travel thousands of miles around the world before the vehicles ...

Today, only roughly 5% of lithium-ion batteries are recycled around the world. This is a startling statistic when compared to the reality that it is projected that between 2022 and 2030, the global ...

The rechargeable batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles present challenges and opportunities for the recycling companies that deal with them. While a limited quantity of these batteries is being ...

When lithium-ion batteries reach the end of their life, they are often collected and processed to recover valuable materials through black mass recycling. The process begins with collecting these ...