RecycLiCo CEO Talks EV Recycling and City Mining

One of the widespread refrains from the anti-EV crowd revolves round the concept that pulling the uncooked supplies obligatory to provide an electrical automotive’s battery out of the bottom is soiled and carbon-intensive. Whereas that’s true in some contexts, it overlooks the basic manufacturing benefit that EVs have over ICE automobiles: their uncooked supplies might be recycled. One of many main innovators within the battery recycling area is RecycLiCo, a Canadian firm that has patented a singular course of to recycle and upcycle 99% of the cathode materials in an EV’s li-ion battery, turning what’s generally referred to within the business as “black mass” into a brand new sort of “black gold” and creating a number of efficiencies alongside the best way.

A couple of weeks in the past, I had the possibility to take a seat down with RecycLiCo’s engineer-turned CEO Zarko Meseldzija for an episode of CleanTech Discuss the place Zarko was in a position to share a few of his engineering insights, clarify a few of the efficiencies his agency might assist construct into their companions’ processes, and the way city mining — which views trash and different waste supplies as a supply of potential supplies, versus going into landfills or incinerators — can do extra for the recycling business than you may suppose.

RecycLiCo CEO Zarko Meseldzija Explains Why Black Mass Is The New Black Gold

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