St. John: 28 Tons of Recycled Batteries Yields One Ton of Lithium
Jeff St. John · New frontiers of clean energy emerge · Sep 21, 2023 · at 34:04
Jeff St. John cites research comparing the material efficiency of recycling versus traditional mineral extraction.
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“The Resell Center is a battery recycling consortium led by the U.S. Department of Energy. They did some research that says you can get a ton of battery grade lithium out of 750 tons of lithium brine, 250 tons of lithium ore, or 28 tons of recycled lithium ion batteries.”
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