EVs are taking over the global car market, and there's no apparent end to the spike in electric vehicle sales. While it's great that so many EVs are being sold and that emissions levels will likely drop, recycling EV batteries is still a concern.The amount of batteries that will begin to phase out of their useful life expectancy will increase massively in the coming years, and finding useful (and safe!) ways to use their remains is vital. Read on to find out how battery recycling works and what's in store for the future.

Why EV Battery Recycling Is a Big DealAt the moment, the recycling process for lithium-ion batteries isn't exactly a super profitable business venture, and it's also complicated to extract all the elements and metals that originally composed the EV battery. But, even if you've made sure to keep your EV's battery healthy , the problem of EV battery recycling needs tackling sooner than later. EVs are starting to launch into uncharted territories, where pretty soon they'll overtake internal combustion engine vehicles as the most sold cars.This is all great, but the unforeseen danger is the sheer amount of EV batteries that will be hanging around when older EVs start reaching the end of their useful life. Imagine landfills filled to the brim with EV batteries, as well as batteries from smartphones and other electronic devices. This is a recipe for disaster. Not only this, but mining the materials that go into EV batteries is taking a huge environmental toll, and we're just getting started.At some point, there has to be some thought going into the fact that EVs might produce zero tailpipe emissions, but if sourcing the battery materials is causing irreparable environmental (and humanitarian) harm to the country mining it, is this really sustainable?