Recycling Batteries

[Brando]

These are Tesla articles - they are all very informative

March 2008
Mythbusters Part 3: Recycling our Non-Toxic Battery Packs

January 2011 note: many consider lead acid battery recycle closer to 98%
(China & India & Central Asia & SE Asia & Africa - may be not - anyone know?)
Tesla's Closed Loop Battery Recycling Program

January 2011 [Umicore]
Tesla launches battery recycling program throughout Europe

 

[Brando]

Feb. 2019
Batteries, Recycling and the Environment

GREAT RESEARCH GOING ON - see above Video
Tesla batteries estimated to last 17 years on average??
Tesla warranty from 2013 +8 = 2021 before we start to see any significant packs for recycle [from Tesla]
Tesla Roadster ~2500 were made 2008-20012 anyone know how many have swapped to new battery pack?
Europe & Japan (Common Wealth?) maybe leaders in laws that require recycling.

 

[Brando]

Joel Greene, Host of PBS television show, Curiosity Quest, visits the Batter Solutions in Michigan to learn what goes on behind the scenes on how batteries get recycled. If fact, on this tour, each battery is 100% recycled.

Join Joel tells where you should recycle your batteries and why it is so important... Battery Recycle.

Starts at 1:30 minutes in Oct 2013 - a lot of laws to force recycle of batteries
IF you sell it, you should be required to recycle it - FOR EVERY THING

 

[MeCHanisch]

Ecofriendly lithium-ion battery recycling actually works without toxic gas formation.

Have a look at the ambient temperature Duesenfeld process:

Myth busting: Battery recycling does work - electrive.com