When household batteries die, it's hard to know what to do with them. So they get shoved into a junk drawer or sheepishly thrown into the trash. But dead batteries aren't quite finished. They can leak ...

Making a battery for an electric vehicle typically requires mining hundreds of pounds of hard-to-extract minerals. That’s put a spotlight on batteries’ heavy environmental toll, at least upfront. But ...

Renault Group has launched a circular economy strategy in partnership with The Future is NEUTRAL for the recycling of ...

The call comes after it suspends dry recycling collections after a blaze at a waste storage centre.

The law makes manufacturers responsible for funding a statewide battery recycling program, and it prohibits batteries from ...

As well as running the risk of being fined, disposing of batteries incorrectly can lead to fires and environmental pollution.

The woman accidentally threw away 23 AA batteries in children's toys during a house move.

The shift of electric vehicles (EVs) from a niche market to a central component of the automotive industry has had significant impacts and promises to bring many more. As the scale of lithium-ion ...

The Trump administration is accelerating domestic mineral production and recycling of battery metals to reduce reliance on ...

The Sweden-based company says it has invested more than $50 million to properly handle end-of-life electric vehicle batteries ...

Rechargeable batteries from items like laptops have started a half-dozen fires at the Lyon County landfill, Lyon County Environmental Administrator Roger Schroeder said. This week, Schroeder asked ...