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Man Used 80 Discarded Vape Batteries to Power an Electric Scooter Proving the Importance of E-Waste (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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A clever graduate has used 80 discarded vape batteries to power his e-scooter—and to make a point about waste.

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[–] Uprise42@artemis.camp 8 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Is there anything we can do with lithium to return it to its unused state? Can it be chemically refined back to its original state or does the electrical usage permanently alter it?

[–] 6fn@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't call it the unused state, but when recycled in a proper facility, the material recovered from lithium ion batteries can be used again in future battery production. Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xrarUWVRQ&t=270s

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[–] Uprise42@artemis.camp 1 points 11 months ago

That’s what I was curious about. We have an EV and one of the biggest things is the lithium mining for the batteries being awful for the environment and awful treatment of workers. With EV’s becoming more popular and other types of batteries using lithium then I think lithium recycling is going to be very important to the future and was wondering if anything had been established. Even a close to unused state allowing it to be put back into an EV for 95% capacity is better than just throwing it away.

I will definitely check out the video though

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