Allowing our spent lithium batteries to be exported free of charge could mean forfeiting a potential $3 billion onshore reprocessing industry.
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Between reuse and recycling, what happens to the batteries of electric vehicles?
There is an urgent need for legislation dealing specifically with electronic waste in Nigeria.
With an average shelf life of nine years, the coming tsunami of waste EV batteries needs action now.
Rare-earth metals are currently mined or recovered via e-waste recycling — methods with drawbacks including high cost, environmental damage, and risks to human safety. This is where we come in.
Technical advances are reducing the volume of e-waste generated in the US as lighter, more compact products enter the market. But those goods can be harder to reuse and recycle.
E-cigarettes are hotly debated because of the uncertainty of whether they are a gateway to cigarette smoking for teens, or an aid to smoking cessation. One thing is clear: They are not biodegradable.
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Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
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Lecturer, Federal University of Technology, Akure
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Chercheur sur le stockage de l’énergie dans les transports, Université Gustave Eiffel
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Research associate, Environmental Health Initiative, University of California, San Francisco
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Research Associate (Electric vehicles Batteries and Batteries Recycling), Edith Cowan University
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Professor and Head, Centre for Green and Smart Energy Systems, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Bio-innovation and Enterprise, Coventry University
