What do we do with old lithium-ion batteries?

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Cordless appliances are handy and popular, but they’re powered by lithium-ion batteries, which are hard to recycle. Are we storing up the next environmental disaster?

Period5 Aug 2018

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  • TitleWhat do we do with old lithium-ion batteries?
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletWhich?
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date5/08/18
    DescriptionCordless appliances are handy and popular, but they’re powered by lithium-ion batteries, which are hard to recycle. Are we storing up the next environmental disaster?
    Producer/AuthorSarah Ingrams
    PersonsGavin Harper
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Keywords

  • lithium ion
  • battery
  • recycling
  • automation
  • critical materials
  • strategic elements
  • BCSECM
  • Birmingham Energy Institute