The greening of spent batteries

TECHNOLOGY

Researchers at Monash University are pushing closer to a circular economy

Only about 10% of spent lithium-ion batteries are fully recycled in Australia.

Only about 10% of spent lithium-ion batteries are fully recycled in Australia. | Credits: Shutterstock

Citing the need to build a circular economy for essential resources, researchers at Monash University have developed a “breakthrough” method of recovering high-purity nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium…

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