# Dealing with dead batteries

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Podcast: [Ask MIT Climate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-mit-climate-81054)
Published: 2025-05-29T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://askmitclimate.org
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## Resource

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?

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