A microbial electrochemical technology capable of recovering 90%–95% of lithium from spent lithium-ion batteries has been ...

Recycling could significantly reduce the need to extract ... which battery manufacturers use only recycled material is considerably further off, because any increase in the number of old packs ...

Homeowners are installing heat pumps in the place of old gas or oil boilers. And drivers are increasingly buying electric vehicles (EVs) powered by batteries ... a position to extract the valuable ...

But shifts to reduce resource consumption — think electric buses and trains rather than SUVs, and reusing old ... batteries are also becoming increasingly popular for general electricity storage.

India’s repair culture gives new life to dead tech.

It may not replace the old, reliable lithium ... City Labs’ battery uses tritium, which will likely provide a 20-year battery life. Following China’s lead, the company also thinks the supply ...

If, on the other hand, heavy metals are introduced through another ingredient, like a protein source, there is no easy way to extract ... the lead intake for the average 3-month-old would fall ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical ... and reusing old solar panels and EV batteries wherever possible, for ...

"They break down old batteries, remove the lead and melt it down to make new ones," Pure Earth's Mitali Das told AFP. "They do all this in the open air," she added. "The toxic fumes and acidic ...

Scientists at the University of Surrey have developed a new green technology that recovers up to 95% of high-purity lithium ...

According to a new visionary paper by Walid Saad, professor in the College of Engineering and the Next-G Wireless Lead at the Virginia ... This is not something that old school AI can do." ...