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Nearly $1B in federal funding will help decarbonize transportation and clean up some of the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution

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  • @DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•11 months ago

    Batteries are over 90% recyclable. They’re actually pretty environmentally friendly after the first round.

    • rivermonsterEnglish
      0•11 months ago

      But theyre not recycled much–YET.

      Agree and excitedly look forward to growth in that market (or even having a market for it). They will eventually become a profitable recycling opportunity. Unless one of the other battery techs (tons of them) in development just completely supplanted them. Either way the impact should diminish over time. Main questions are how fast and long will they continue to be an environmental negative.

      Rechargeable nickel–cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH), lithium-ion (Li-ion) and nickel–zinc (Ni-Zn), can also be recycled. Disposable alkaline batteries make up the vast majority of consumer battery use, but there is currently no cost-neutral recycling option.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling

      EDIT: You can read further down how close some of these companies are to an actual recycling center. They’re getting there!

      • @wikibot@lemmy.worldBEnglish
        1•11 months ago

        Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

        Battery recycling is a recycling activity that aims to reduce the number of batteries being disposed as municipal solid waste. Batteries contain a number of heavy metals and toxic chemicals and disposing of them by the same process as regular household waste has raised concerns over soil contamination and water pollution.

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