Pehz t1_jeeqh2v wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:06 PM

Reply to comment by whiteknives in Inexpensive and environmentally friendly mechanochemical recycling process recovers 70% of lithium from batteries by chrisdh79

But current methods aren't both inexpensive and environmentally friendly, right? The improvement isn't the yield, it's the rest of the process.

whiteknives t1_jef8l8q wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:06 PM

I’d say wasting 30% of the lithium, cobalt, nickel, etc. in the new way isn’t exactly “environmentally friendly” either. Those wasted materials don’t just disappear.