Lithium-ion batteries
Organizations call for coordination on product safety
Organizations call for manufacturers and policymakers to prioritize safety in designing, producing, labeling, marketing and managing end-of-life consumer products with high fire or explosion risks to protect waste and recycling workers.
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Commentary: Battery fires threaten waste management workforce and clean energy transition
While lithium-ion batteries play an important role in our lives, they also pose serious fire risks to waste and resource management facilities.
NWRA, SWANA partner to address lithium-ion batteries
Organizations issue joint policy statement addressing lithium-ion battery disposal challenges.
Recycling Today Media Group's battery recycling conference relocates in 2025
The event, which has been in Atlanta for the last two years, heads to Nashville, Tennessee, this June.
Van Dyk partners with Reckelberg Environmental Technologies
RET’s equipment recycles lithium-ion batteries and scrap from battery production.
Indiana county gets federal grant for battery recycling
Grant funding will help pay for program to provide battery recycling containers to residents.
Fortum completes waste and recycling divestiture
Finland-based energy services firm has sold its waste and recycling business unit to Sweden-based Summa Equity.
Machine learning researched as battery fire detection technique
National Institute of Standards and Technology effort uses machine learning to identify telltale sound of lithium-ion batteries hitting flash point.
Metro Site wins $31M settlement after lithium-ion battery fire
Georgia waste and recycling operator settled a lawsuit with SK Battery America Inc. after improper disposal of batteries.
Bower, Varta join forces on AI-powered scanning for consumer batteries
The feature promises to improve sorting, simplify battery recycling and increase consumer awareness about end-of-life batteries.
