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I can recall ML discussing that in some of his previous posts...

Lithium recycling is not currently a viable proposition, and does not look like being so

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However, it does not make any economic sense to recycle the batteries. Batteries contain only a small fraction of lithiumcarbonate 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