Tackling the EV waste mountain

Friday 28 Feb 2025

Drivers worldwide are scrapping their polluting diesel and petrol cars in favour of a cleaner, greener solution – electric vehicles (EV). But we can’t afford to solve one crisis and cause another, writes Dr Mahfuz Kamal, CEO at Recovolt.

With millions of new EVs hitting the roads every year, we are set to be hit by a tidal wave of battery waste – 235,000 tonnes[1][i] of it in the UK alone over the next 15 years. That’s enough fill a four-lane motorway from John O’Groats to Land’s End. Without urgent action, it’s safe to say that the consequence of EV adoption will be stark.

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