While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique could now make that process economically viable.

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there’s another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique could now make that process economically viable.

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The process honestly sounds to me a little bit like decaffeination, which also feels like witchcraft to me. So it might work!