States Urged to Pass Laws, Boost Incentives to Spur Local Lithium Battery Recycling

More mining, processing are needed to snap China’s dominance, but U.S. consumers have enough ‘infinitely recyclable’ batteries to lower costs, create jobs.

The Redwood Materials building in Carson City, Nev., in June 2019. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A rapidly electrifying planet is driving voracious demand for critical minerals, straining supply chains China dominates because it processes and exports 90 percent of some key materials needed for lithium-ion batteries.

There are numerous strategies to domestically source these key materials, including more mining, increased tariffs on Chinese batteries, and incentivizing refining.