Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells

I don't see an estimate for cost. If it's still higher, this would be a perfect use of subsidies to make recycling far cheaper than new material to help drive supply and demand.

This is wonderful news.

Ah yes, Glycine: I Love The Donghua Jinlong Glycine Factory

It's as if the food additives and mining industry¹,² brought forth an intelligent junkyard child.

¹s.a. Urban mining ²cf. "Glycine Leaching Technology"