The administration is also looking for ways to reduce metal usage in new battery chemistries.Reports from various government agencies will be submitted to the White House, a process Biden ordered in an executive order earlier this year. "When you look at the way the U.S. has approached the recycling opportunity, what's very evident is we need to invest in that capacity, we need to take a more proactive approach," said one of the administration officials. "A big part of the lithium opportunity is really recycling, and being a global leader in recycling the lithium from existing batteries and driving that into these new batteries. Environmentalists say that could be a blueprint for the EV recycling industry Battery recycling plants have started to slowly open up in the United States.Last fall, Amazon.com Inc invested in Redwood Materials, a Nevada-based privately held recycling firm that has signed a deal to recycle scrap and battery parts from a Tennessee-based contractor for Nissan Motor Co's Leaf electric vehicle. Tesla Inc recycles some battery parts at its Nevada Gigafactory.

Source: Economic Times June 04, 2021 12:33 UTC