EPA facing monumental battery cleanup after LA wildfires

( NewsNation ) —The Environmental Protection Agency is facing a monumental challenge clearing up batteries after the California wildfires , a task they’re calling the biggest lithium-ion battery cleanup in the history of the agency.

Southern California is the nation’s biggest market for electric vehicles EV and hybrid cars. Each EV contains about 7 to 10,000 small batteries.

Cleanup consists of crushing and then taking the remnants to a proper site for toxic waste disposal…

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