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There are plenty of viable criticisms of electric vehicles, but one of the biggest ones comes down to recycling. Sure, we can use EVs, but what do we do when their time is up? The United States and United Kingdom have both gone different routes when it comes to recycling, Reuters reports — but both are promising.
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Both techniques involve retrieving parts of the battery that can be reused, which can cut down on carbon emissions and reduce the impact on the globe when it comes to mining minerals. But recycling batteries is a complex process; you can’t just blast them with high heats like you normally would when recycling metal because that destroys the valuable materials.