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EV battery recycling's math problem

WBUR

Published July 20, 2026 at 10:12 AM MDT

EV batteries can, and should, be recycled. But the economics of recycling them don’t always work out.

Colorado is trying a new solution.

NPR’s Camila Domonoske reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.