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U Florida team using fungi to extract cobalt and lithium from waste batteries

Green Car Congress

A team of researchers University of South Florida is using naturally occurring fungi to drive an environmentally friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from tons of waste batteries. We were watching the huge growth in smartphones and all the other products with rechargeable batteries, so we shifted our focus.

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

Plug In India

Cobalt FUD Yes, Cobalt Mining is bad for the environment and bad for the people who live near these mines. [1] 4] 95% of Cobalt in battery packs are recycled. [5] The environment impact by the OIL industry is incomparable compared to any battery manufacturing. 1] No EV Owner denies this.