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RE: Debunking The Elon Musk Meme
Lithium batteries are poster boys for recycling. That's what we're gonna do with them.
Infernal combustion engines are also recyclable, and that's what's done with them, too.
However, it does not make any economic sense to recycle the batteries. Batteries contain only a small fraction of lithium carbonate as a percent of weight and are inexpensive compared to cobalt or nickel. The average lithium cost associated with Li-ion battery production is less than 3% of the production cost.Aug 1, 2011
The Lithium Battery Recycling Challenge - Waste Management World