According to Rest of World, China and the U.S. are moving in opposite directions on EV battery recycling. China, which controls eighty-five percent of global recycling capacity, has mandated the rapid shredding of spent batteries to recover materials for new packs. The U.S. is charting a different course: repurposing older batteries as grid energy storage before final recycling. The split reflects divergent priorities—China focuses on supply security; America on grid stability.

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