Australia Eyeing Mammoth 1.6 Million Tonnes of EV Battery Waste by 2050
“The Council is grappling with a problem that is also challenging the wind turbine and solar panel industries—how to dispose of the tonnes of waste that will result from years of “going green” and net-zero.
Batteries, wind turbines, and solar panels are, by nature of their design, difficult and costly to recycle.
For example, according to some estimates, only 30 percent of a wind turbine blade is actually recycled, with the rest disposed of in landfills.”