A new study led by researchers in Canada introduces a novel process for the extraction and separation of metals from spent alkaline batteries, offering a promising solution for efficient recycling of ...

Folks in Dakota County, Minnesota, are raising environmental and health concerns after lead battery casings were discovered in the ground. Brian McMahon documented what he discovered while helping to ...

Costa Rica, a country where open pit mining is banned, has become a leader in the extraction of heavy metals such as lithium — not from the Earth, but old batteries. The Fortech recycling factory ...

“Since 2017, more than 10,000 international patent families for lithium batteries have been filed each year, surpassing a total of 177,000 in August of 2023, of which more than 13,400 patent families ...