When dealing with people whining about the whole-cycle cost of Li+ batteries, don’t let them conflate the reuse and recycling efficiency of larger EV lithium batteries with the recycling of the small e-toy batteries (cellphone or button) which have to go through higher overhead of community waste sorting.
When dealing with people whining about the whole-cycle cost of Li+ batteries, don’t let them conflate the reuse and recycling efficiency of larger EV lithium batteries with the recycling of the small e-toy batteries (cellphone or button) which have to go through higher overhead of community waste sorting.