Recycling electric vehicle batteries in California

As planning for the development of electric vehicles (EVs) takes place, one aspect that must not be ignored concerns the final destinations of spent secondary batteries. All of the most commercially viable batteries for EVs contain hazardous materials, and spent batteries would be considered hazardous wastes in California. The author describes how siting and permitting hazardous waste storage and treatment facilities takes up to five years (or more), and argues that all parties in California therefore need to begin planning for EV battery waste management