The transition to EV is accelerating worldwide with more than 10 million battery-powered vehicles on the road today, and the International Energy Agency estimates that number could rise to 230 million by the end of the decade. But what can prevent all those batteries ending up as toxic trash at the end of their life cycles? One possible solution lies with Massachusetts start-up Ascend Elements, which claims it can take spent lithium-ion batteries and make them “better than new”—longer-lasting, faster- charging and less-polluting. While details on Indonesia’s efforts for battery recycling are vague, Pertamina, together with members of Indonesia Battery Holding (IBH), are developing an EV ecosystem which includes recycling.