Batteries: Recycling
Commons · Question 23172 · Tabled 10 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Munira Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of hydrometallurgical separation in the recycling of electric vehicle batteries to help facilitate the recovery of lithium.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 16 Jan 2025
The Government seeks to encourage sustainable critical mineral production and pro-cessing. As electric vehicle batteries reach the end of their economic life, there will be an opportunity and necessity to repair, repurpose, reuse, and recycle them. The ch...