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Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries to Recover Cobalt and Lithium

Quick fact

Recycling a kilogram of lithium-ion battery cathodes can recover approximately 0.5 kg of cobalt and 0.15 kg of lithium, enough to offset the environmental impact of mining new metals by up to 60%.

Why this is interesting

You probably know that your phone battery is recyclable, but did you know that without recycling, we might run out of cobalt and lithium in a few decades?