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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by sqeaky on Thursday March 30, 2017 @12:11PM (#13996620)
Isn't there large economic incentive to recycle large batteries?

I agree many won't be recycled, but until we snag ourselves and asteroid, we have a finite supply of lithium. People will do their best to not lose something worth money.

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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by jlarocco on Thursday March 30, 2017 @07:20PM (#13999806)
To be economically viable battery recycling is done in developing countries that don't enforce environmental regulations. This is specifically talking about lead batteries, but Lithium-Ion is basically the same: http://www.okinternational.org/lead-batteries/Recycling
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