Dealing with dead batteries

The world’s demand for batteries to power electric vehicles is growing at incredible speed. What will we do with all these batteries when they die? Dr. Linda Gaines of Argonne National Laboratory joins TILclimate to explain what batteries are made of, how we obtain those materials, and how we can get them back when the batteries reach the end of their lives—along with other options to make this industry less wasteful and more productive. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Climate Project, visit tilclimate.mit.edu . Credits Laur Hesse Fisher , Host and Senior Editor Aaron Krol , Writer and Executive Producer David Lishansky , Editor and Producer Madison Goldberg, Associate Producer Grace Sawin, Student Production Assistant Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions Artwork by Aaron Krol

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Dealing with dead batteries is an episode from TILclimate by MIT Climate Project.

This episode is 00:15:03 long.

This episode was published on May 29, 2025.

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