{"id":229753,"date":"2026-01-24T17:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/greener-method-recovers-critical-metals-from-spent-batteries"},"modified":"2026-01-24T17:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:10:28","slug":"greener-method-recovers-critical-metals-from-spent-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/greener-method-recovers-critical-metals-from-spent-batteries","title":{"rendered":"Greener method recovers critical metals from spent batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/greener-method-recovers-critical-metals-from-spent-batteries2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed a breakthrough method to recover high-purity nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from spent lithium-ion batteries using a mild, sustainable solvent.<\/p>\n<p>The process, <a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2214993725005834\" target=\"_blank\">detailed<\/a> in the journal <i>Sustainable Materials and Technologies<\/i>, offers a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional high-temperature or chemical-intensive recycling methods.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, around 500,000 metric tons of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have already accumulated, and about 10% of spent batteries are fully recycled in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed a breakthrough method to recover high-purity nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from spent lithium-ion batteries using a mild, sustainable solvent. The process, detailed in the journal Sustainable Materials and Technologies, offers a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional high-temperature or chemical-intensive recycling methods. Globally, around 500,000 metric tons of spent [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}