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Recycling emerges as a new source of raw material. Can it help power tomorrow’s EVs?

Recycling emerges as a new source of raw material. Can it help power tomorrow’s EVs?
Recycling emerges as a new source of raw material. Can it help power tomorrow’s EVs?
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Redwood Materials is among the recycling companies working to provide an alternative to the landfill for lithium-ion batteries used in electronics and EVs. Such new recycling ventures are better for the environment than burying metals in landfills. But, will they prove efficient enough to meet the accelerating demand for EVs in near future?

Casey Crownhart To Redwood Materials, the rows of cardboard boxes in its gravel parking lot represent both the past and the future of electric vehicles. The makeshift storage space stretches for over 10 acres at Redwood’s new battery recycling site just outside Reno, Nevada. Most of the boxes are about the size of a washing machine and are wrapped in white plastic. But some lie open, revealing their contents: wirelesss keyboards, discarded toys,
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