Starting your car means relying on a 12-volt battery that will eventually need to be replaced. Rather than ending up in a landfill, it's important to find the best way to dispose of the battery, or ...

Aerial view of lithium mining pits in Atacama Salt Flat, Chile, on July 29, 2024. The minerals found in an electric-car battery often travel thousands of miles around the world before the vehicles ...

In honor of the National Fire Prevention Association’s (NFPA’s) annual Fire Prevention Week, taking place Oct. 5-11, Charlotte, North Carolina-based battery recycler Cirba Solutions is launching its ...

Engineers at Rice University developed a cleaner method for recycling lithium from EV batteries by recharging waste cathode materials in a compact electrochemical reactor to produce high-purity ...