Isolated incidents of EV batteries landing in the tip will become more common as the first wave of electric vehicle batteries reaches its end-of-life, the sector says, posing more risk of a "catastrophic" landfill fire.

I’m not sure how we’re supposed to believe that disposal of nuclear waste won’t be a problem when we can’t manage systems to properly deal with the waste we are creating now.

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’d be more concerned about lithium fires from disposable vapes and other tiny electronics than a car battery. Most car batteries will be sent to off grid storage to squeeze the last life out of them. Then they’ll be recycled because the metals inside are worth a lot of money.