EVENT DESCRIPTION
The proliferation of electronic consumer goods, industrial and commercial equipment and, increasingly, electric vehicles (EVs) is creating an enormous flow of end-of-life batteries. Only a small percentage of these batteries is collected and recycled.
Batteries that flow into waste streams create enormous danger to the environment and to those collecting and handling waste. At the same time, those batteries are packed with valuable and scarce raw materials.
As stored power becomes more important to society, recycling batteries to harvest their raw materials, protect the environment and protect assets is essential.
This unique event examines the issues surrounding battery recovery and recycling.