EV battery recycling has a math problem (www.npr.org)

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For some electric vehicle batteries, it costs more to recycle them than they're worth. That creates all kinds of problems, which a new Colorado law aims to solve.

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[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

What about fossil emissions recycling? Does it also have "a math problem"?

this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2026

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