Do you know where your batteries come from?

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    Politically charged: do you know where your batteries come from?
    July 27, 2017

    The environmental impact of lithium mining

    Lithium mining has different ecological impacts depending on how it’s extracted.
    Australia, for example, mostly produces lithium from hard rock ores. Other countries, including those in South America, more often produce it from brines.
    To produce lithium from ore, the ore is typically crushed. Then chemicals and high temperatures are used to separate the lithium from the rest of the rock.
    Producing lithium this way requires land use changes – clearing land, digging mines and storing waste rock. Significant energy and chemical use are also needed to obtain to the final product...

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    https://theconversation.com/politically-charged-do-you-know-where-your-batteries-come-from-80886
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