Ultimately, addressing this challenge will require a collective effort to innovate, educate and implement solutions that make ...

The technologies powering the clean-energy transition, from electric vehicles to artificial intelligence data centers, all rely on lithium-ion batteries. But those batteries do not last forever. Other ...

Researchers compared the environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery recycling to mining for new materials and found that recycling significantly outperforms mining in terms of greenhouse gas ...

Global battery volumes are surging, yet recycling rates remain critically low at just 45 percent in the U.K. and 49 percent in the EU. Small batteries, defined as those under 5 kilograms (11 pounds), ...

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 ...

Rows of dead batteries stretch across some 30 acres of high desert, organized in piles and boxes that are covered to shield them from the western Nevada sun. This vast field is where Redwood Materials ...

If you’ve got a drawer full of dead batteries and don’t know what to do with them, a new recycling law could soon amp up your options. The law, signed by Gov. Ned Lamont in June, will require battery ...