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How are EV batteries (actually) recycled?

Union of Concerned Scientists

This technology can be confusing and complex, so I have included a terms section for the italicized words at the end of this piece. Hydrometallurgical recycling is the best available technology because it has high mineral recovery rates and results in low environmental impacts. Before recycling, the batteries are shredded.

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Upcycling Plastic Waste Into Graphite Could Facilitate Transition To Electric Vehicles, Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

By Jennifer Matthews, Penn State News Upcycling plastic waste into graphite, used in electric vehicles and renewable energy storage, could positively contribute to the global economy, preserving resources, saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions, according to Penn State researchers.

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Kathleen Hebert: Protecting the Puget Sound through Activism and Investment

Washington Nature

Seeing firsthand the rapidly accelerating effects of climate change, she was determined to battle the threat to sea stars of the haunting “ wasting syndrome ,” that swept through the delicate coastal ecosystem from Mexico to Alaska. “I