Li recycling 2% old fashioned lead acid 98%
In the podcast "Let's Talk About Electric Vehicles" Season 1, Episode 3 the podcaster discusses what happens to discarded lithium batteries. The podcaster lists sources and citations in the show notes...
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The amount (both tons and percentage) of lithium recycled each year is still very low, because not that much is going to landfills. Two reasons
- low quantity (not many EV and handheld devices are probably not worth the hassle)
- lithium cells last much, MUCH longer than lead acid battery
- low quantity (not many EV and handheld devices are probably not worth the hassle)
- lithium cells last much, MUCH longer than lead acid battery
