oatscoop, 11 months ago

I don’t get how the “lithium batteries can’t be recycled” idea passes the sniff test.

Lithium mining requires moving insane amounts of earth to reach the ore: often a pit mine. Said ore contains around 1-2% Lithium Oxide by weight – which still needs to be refined and processed into Lithium metal.

A battery is around 11% Lithium by weight.

There’s money to be made, and people are already on it.