And yet the easiest way to solve the problem of Lithium Solar Battery recycling is simply avoid the problem by not installing them.
The ability to recycle a Lithium Solar Battery is not in question.
China recycled 67,000 tonnes last year.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/how-china-is-cornering-the-lithium-ion-cell-recycling-marketBut it is a fact that no Govt at any level in Australia has a plan to recycle anymore than the current 240 tonne per year capacity that is available at the New Gisborne facility in Victoria.
Assuming the prediction of the CSIRO happens and Aust has 100,000 tonnes of Lithium waste annually by 2036, then over the next 16 years Aust needs to build 416 equivalent sized Lithium recycling plants.
That is 26 per year.
That 100,000 tonne prediction could be massively reduced by instead installing Redflow ZBM2s.
Otherwise you can expect to have warehouses of used Lithium Solar batteries.....this is what happens when Govt's find a problem is too hard and they leave it to the market to solve.....as we have seen with Paper, Plastic and Glass recycling.....not to mention the warehouses of toxic liquid waste we have dotted throughout our cities.
Sure you could take the view that the Lithium solar batteries will be installed longer than 10 years. Lets suggest 16 years instead......
But every year longer and they become less useful as they hold less charge. As opposed to installing Flow batteries which do not degrade from year to year like Lithium does.