Batteries Aren't Disposable, We've Been Recycling Them For Years - Jalopnik

Batteries Aren’t Disposable, We've Been Recycling Them For Years: the article challenges claims that electric-vehicle battery packs must be discarded because they cannot be recycled. It cites that recycling is not new and points to early initiatives including Volkswagen’s EV battery recycling program discussed more than five years ago, along with Nissan’s 2009 announcement of a joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation. The facility from that partnership has been operational since 2018. The article also lists other recycling-focused companies beyond automakers, including Ascend Elements, Cirba Solutions, Glencore, and Redwood Materials. It argues that EV batteries can be processed at scale and contradicts narratives from the “Team Oil” promotion campaign. The competitive context is that recycling undermines a major environmental and supply-chain criticism aimed at EVs.