North America just got a new recycled Li-ion battery materials plant
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2024-03-13 How Lithium Batteries Are Recycled
A YouTube short of how lithium batteries are recycled.
2023-09-14 Black Mass Matters! The New Black Gold
The black mass is the concentrated lithium and other metals left when lithium EV batteries are recycled into their parts. This black mass is then processed along with other raw materials to make new batteries. There are these Chicken Littles who say that EV batteries are too expensive, then contradict themselves by saying the EV
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2023-09-12 Veolia Recycles Wind Turbine Blades
Veolia grinds up the blades and uses them as fuel to make cement.
2023-08-19 Electric Vehicle Batteries – What Happens To Them
Electric car batteries and all other lithium batteries are processed into ‘black mass’ at this Li-Cycle facility in Gilbert AZ. 95% of the batteries is recycled into inert, mostly plastic waste, copper and other heavy metals, and black mass where the lithium, cobalt and other valuable minerals are. The process starts with shredding the batteries
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2022-04-04 Stop Complaining About Wind Turbine Blades!
Piotrek Puczek Said, “I am being critical because we need to do more to reduce wind turbine production and blade and life recycling.” It’s useless information about how many Teslas fit on a wind turbine blade. The blades last a long time when maintained, and they are developing automated inspection and maintenance equipment. Everyone is
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2022-03-19 Pyrolysis For Recycling Wind Turbine Blades
Pyrolysis is a method that can recycle wind turbine blades. It says that wind turbine blades are responsible for 10% of the waste GFRP composites, which implies that wind turbine blades are just a small percentage of the total. https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/03/method-for-recycling-wind-turbine-blades-almost-waste-free/
2022-02-27 Recycle Wind Turbine Blades
This YouTube video shows how Veolia and others are recycling wind turbine blades. Veolia makes cement kiln fuel from them. They said that even if the blades ended up in landfills they are only 1/8 of the problem of plastic waste in landfills. https://youtu.be/knX7NkJILhs
2021-07-13 Where Do Solar Panels Go When They Die?
This article wrongly assumes that the solar panels are no longer usable after 25 years. But they can still put out 80% or more of their power after 25cyears. Some panels are sold as used 250 Watt panels for $50. Others may be shipped to other countries for use in areas with no electricity. https://electrek.co/2020/08/24/where-do-solar-panels-go-when-they-die/
2021-07-04 New EV Battery Recycling Techniques
Ultrasonic is mentioned along with others. The battery makers have a factory reject rate from 5 to 20% so it would be wasteful if they didn’t recycle the factory scrap. https://www.reuters.com/technology/new-recycling-techniques-set-make-electric-vehicles-greener-2021-07-01/
