Batteries in smartphones, cars and tablets can be recharged, but they don’t last forever. Ultimately, old batteries end up in landfills or incinerators where they harm the environment. And valuable materials remain locked inside. Now, a team of researchers has succeeded in turning to naturally occurring fungi to drive an environmentally friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from waste batteries so that the natural resources can be used again.
Recycling: Fungi extract cobalt and lithium from waste batteries
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