Only 2% of Australia's annual 3,300 tonnes of lithium-ion battery waste is recycled— as export options are clamped down on and stockpiling is creating potential landfill dangers including fires, environmental contamination and risk to human health, researchers are piling on the pressure to fund a solution.
Australian lithium-ion battery (LIB) waste is growing at a rate of more than 20% each year as a direct response to the increasing demand and uptake of portable and rechargeable electronic equipment and electric vehicles, according to the Canberra . . .
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