Featured in Embracing change – 02-2020

Zero-waste batteries

Efforts to recycle lithium-ion batteries face a range of technical and economic challenges, but such programs are already far more commonplace than many assume. However, there are still significant obstacles looming a few years down the road.

By

Marian Willuhn

10 Feb 2020

Image: Duesenfeld

Whether it’s smartphones, power tools, electric vehicles, bicycles, toothbrushes, or home storage systems, lithium-ion batteries have become a common feature of modern life. But the sourcing of the required raw materials, like cobalt and lithium, has been under close scrutiny against a backdrop of environmental degradation, child labor, and poor occupational safety standards. With millions …

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