Redwood says 70% of US end-of-life lithium-ion batteries flow through its recycling

Battery recycling has become large enough that Redwood Materials claims to be the largest cobalt producer in the United States

More than 70 pecent of the end-of-life lithium-ion batteries in the US flow through Redwood Materials to be recycled into their base elements. Redwood is now the largest Cobalt producer in the US, as a result. We spent a day with Redwood'
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