Battery Recycling Kentucky

This undated photo provided by Ascend Elements shows team members loading used electric vehicle battery modules onto a massive shredder at the Ascend Elements battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga. A recycling facility will be built in Hopkinsville, Ky., to shred electric vehicle batteries in a $65 million venture between American and South Korean companies — Ascend Elements and SK ecoplant, respectively — that will supply material for a separate battery-related operation in the same town, the companies announced Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (Ascend Elements via AP)

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