The rise of EVs, AI data centers and grid storage is driving a surge in lithium batteries. Experts say recycling them will be key to avoiding environmental risks and recovering valuable minerals.

Craig has worked in automotive media for nearly 20 years, producing content for publications ranging from Autoline and AutoGuide to Roadshow by CNET and EV Pulse. Aside from writing, he’s also ...

Lithium. While it’s not quite “the Spice” of Dune, the silvery, reactive metal is an extraordinarily valuable means for storing electricity, meaning it’s a key tool for transitioning from ...

A worker guides a red mechanical claw toward a battery on a conveyor belt. In North America, many battery recyclers are opening plants, such as this Li-Cycle battery shredding facility, near planned ...

Waste Management warning residents not to place lithium batteries in garbage as it is a fire hazard, and prohibited.

Lithium is extracted from brine at Silver Peak, Nevada, currently the only active lithium resource in the U.S. A UC Davis study shows that as demand for lithium grows in coming years, battery ...

A new recycling technique developed in China claims to capture 99.99% of the lithium in spent electric vehicle batteries, a level of recovery that would have sounded fanciful only a few years ago. By ...

Firefighters tame a fire likely caused by a lithium-ion battery at Stowe Transfer Station in 2023. Vermont's haulers and processing centers have seen fires, some believed to be a result of ...

Lithium battery recycling offers a powerful solution to rising demand, with discarded batteries still holding most of their valuable materials. Compared to mining, recycling slashes emissions and ...

RENO, Nev., Feb. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS), a pioneer in sustainable lithium battery recycling, today announced an accelerated pathway intended to increase revenue and ...

Company positions itself for a multi-gigawatt-hour scale facility designed to produce higher margins and targeting a ~3 year payback, while enabling faster commercialization of battery-grade materials ...