This Company Is Salvaging EV Parts From Old Airplanes

14 Feb 2024 | Abstracted from Jalopnik

"There's currently some 8,000-plus retired aircraft all over the world...The number of retired aircraft around the world is set to [soar] to over 20,000 planes by the end of the decade...salvaging parts from obsolete jets could yield tens of millions of battery cases...[Singapore-based Nandia REM] is also apparently looking for ways to repurpose plastics and other materials that could be useful in cars..."

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