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Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 49 points 1 day ago

I don't see an estimate for cost. If it's still higher, this would be a perfect use of subsidies to make recycling far cheaper than new material to help drive supply and demand.