Ascend Elements: Building America’s Battery Future

Let’s face it—lithium-ion batteries power our lives but haunt our landfills. With EV adoption skyrocketing, we’re staring down a 11-million-ton battery waste tsunami by 2030. Yet here’s the kicker: less than 5% of spent EV batteries get recycled today. Why? Traditional methods can’t efficiently recover high-value materials like nickel and cobalt.