Category Archives: Recycling

Very little is being recycled since it is so expensive, and many metals can’t be recycled, or we don’t have methods to recycle many things. Nor are batteries and other products being designed for recycling. Yet we’ve reached limits to growth and a shrinking economy, a time is coming when recycling will be the only way to create new objects

Most plastic is not recycled

Posted on November 18, 2022 by

Preface.  Plastics are just one of 500,000 products made out of oil and gas, but very important to just about every aspect of society, from making vehicles lighter so go further using less energy, to clothes, food storage, bags, toothbrushes, … Continue reading →

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Lithium-ion battery recycling, environmental impact, energy used

Posted on February 25, 2022 by

Preface. The future of both electric vehicles and utility-scale energy storage are depending on lithium-ion batteries because of their high energy-density, and even though lithium is limited, it’s about the only kind of battery being made for transport (because it … Continue reading →

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Why EV Batteries aren’t being recycled

Posted on February 13, 2022 by

Preface.  Talk to your typical capitalist / environmentalist and they will both agree that we will never run out of anything because we can recycle.  But we aren’t.  Especially since it’s cheaper to buy newly mined metals than to recycle … Continue reading →

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Why rare and valuable metals are not recycled

Posted on February 18, 2021 by

Preface. This is a post about why rare and critical metals aren’t recycled at all or at best, just a small percent. Basically it is still cheaper to mine them from scratch than to try to separate them out from … Continue reading →

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