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Lithium-Ion Lawnmowers Could Add to Recycling Dilemma

3 September 2009 No Comment

Lithium-ion batteries in the mass market will be a challenge for recyclers.New advances in lithium-ion batteries are making energy storage more effcient, less expensive, and more ready for a deep plunge into the mass market.  With application far beyond electric cars – think cell phones, laptops, grid storage, power tools, and even lawn mowers – it is only a matter of time before the world is awash in billions of used lithium-ion batteries.

The emerging lithium-ion battery recycling industry has a lot of catching up to do, but at least two companies are rising to meet the challenge of making the technology more sustainable, Toxco Inc in the U.S. and Nippon Mining & Metals Co Ltd in Japan, both of which are developing new recycling processes.

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