What happens to used electric car batteries?

Re:What happens to used electric car batteries? by landemva on Thursday November 04, 2021 @08:13PM (#29114017)

USA exports used solar panels for disposal in trash dumps 'over there'. The entire lifecycle of electric usage is important and easily overlooked.

Be precise with legislation. For example, some States forbid landfill of whole tires. This led to collection of per-tire disposal fee and the landfills purchasing new wheel loader to scoop whole tires into new shredder which uses new conveyor to pile up the tire shreds. Wheel loader then scoops shreds and sprinkles the shreds into landfill.

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Re:What happens to used electric car batteries? by catlikesshrimp on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:58AM (#29128273)

Is that a loophole in the law? You can't dispose of tires but if you shred them, they are no longer tires, and you can now dispose of them?

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Re:What happens to used electric car batteries? by porlw on Saturday November 06, 2021 @04:40AM (#29128455)

Tyres are breeding grounds for mosquitos, shredding them stops this so this law is having the intended effect.

https://blog.epa.gov/2015/08/26/improperly-stored-tires-lead...

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Re:What happens to used electric car batteries? by samus on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:48AM (#29130631)

At least they consume way less space that way.

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