As per the Environmental Services Association, in the UK alone, 22,000 tonnes of batteries are discarded each year, and only 45% are properly recycled. This results in over 1,200 fires breaking out in UK bin lorries and waste sites in a single year. Nearly 50% of these recycling and waste fires are started by lithium-ion […] The post This Startup is Turning Lithium-ion Batteries into Reusable Lithium, Cobalt, and Manganese appeared first on GreyB .