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Originally Posted by California98Civic

Wow. I was unaware of the scale of this problem. Here is a Euro take on it. But there are a few good pieces of journalism out there from the last year or two.

An EV should only be considered as clean as its power supply, mining, and battery recycling. A bit like cars oil/gas production and emissions. If we're not willing to consider all of it, we are greenwashing.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustaina...hium-recycling

I have been saying this for years but no one believes me.

When and if lithium batteries get recycled it will be to harvest the large amounts of cobalt used. At $40+ per pound for cobalt last time I checked itcould be feasible.
Unless the recycling process also juat happens to yield useable lithium too, expect the lithium to be garbage.
Because early to current Li-ion tech used lots of cobalt. New battery tech uses a lot less. So the next generation of batteries will be even less desirable for recycling.

I think stuff should be recycled. It keeps the earth from becoming a giant strip mine and land fill at the same time. One thing that allows for recycling is cheap energy.
Support cheap energy and you will have more recycling.