E-waste recycling collection is on hold at the Solana Center’s Encinitas location after the city asked that it be stopped because it ran counter to municipal code.
A huge problem looms on the horizon: in less than a decade, nearly 2 million tons of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles will be retired each year, and the current recycling infrastructure isn’t ready for them. Most lithium-ion batteries are tossed in landfills, with only 5% recycled worldwide.
By Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss:
Dear EarthTalk: As millions and millions of electric car batteries start to reach the end of their useful lives, how can we avoid an e-waste apocalypse? — W. Alexander,...
