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Single-use e-cigarettes contain batteries that last hundreds of cycles despite being discarded (techxplore.com)
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[–] reddig33 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Google “landfill mining”. It’s being researched. So far the economics of what could be recovered don’t outweigh the costs, but they might eventually. Current mining mostly concentrates on remediating older unlined fills and moving the waste to a lined fill.

https://gizmodo.com/landfill-mining-metal-recovery-trash-recycling-ewaste-1850151569